A mountain man lives under thatch before his gate carts and horses are rare the forest is quiet but partial to birds the streams are wide and home to fish with his son he picks wild fruit with his wife he hoes between rocks what does he have at home a shelf full of nothing but books | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A DROP OF DEW by ANDREW MARVELL CITY OF ORGIES by WALT WHITMAN TO A YOUNG LADY; WHO ... REPROACHED FOR TAKING LONG WALKS IN COUNTRY by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH TO THE ROSE UPON THE ROOD OF TIME by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS FABLE: 16 by ANTOINE VINCENT ARNAULT AN EPITAPH, ON A FOOLISH BOASTER by PHILIP AYRES THE MUSICAL CONQUERERS by PHILIP AYRES |