Classic and Contemporary Poetry
HUSBANDMAN'S SONG, FR. KING RENE'S HONEYMOON, by GORDON BOTTOMLEY Poet's Biography First Line: In the last heavy days ere the mowing-grass seeded Last Line: And the corn-crake creaked ever and over and o'er. Subject(s): Mills & Millers | ||||||||
IN the last heavy days ere the mowing-grass seeded We woke before dawn in the loft of the mill; When sleep gave us all things no waking was needed, And long we lay motionless, sleep to distil: But ever we heard the worn corn-crake that woke us, And the stream far below never gurgled nor shook us With a coolness of darkness, and breath nigh forsook us; In that heat of unseenness we lay without will. Ah, then, when the pulses of life were the lowest, And the hope of the future seemed darkness -- no more -- We turned to each other and whispered "Thou knowest The hope of the past that is restful and sure." When we thought a thin wind moved the leaves of the cherry, That clustered the wide-open casement to bury, We remembered some nest-bird crouched sleepless and weary: And the corn-crake creaked ever and over and o'er. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE WINDMILL by ROBERT SEYMOUR BRIDGES THE WATER MILL by SARAH DOUDNEY THE OLD MILL by THOMAS DUNN ENGLISH THE MILL by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON LITTLE JERRY, THE MILLER by JOHN GODFREY SAXE STEEL MILL by LOUIS UNTERMEYER |
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