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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SCARECROW, by ABBIE FARWELL BROWN Poet's Biography First Line: Rags and tags of what he was Last Line: To drive the hungry thoughts away? Subject(s): Scarecrows | |||
RAGS and tags of what he was, Topped with straw and stuffed with hay; Balanced tipsily askew, It grins to scare the crows away. I saw Him first in that old hat -- It seemed the crown of a king to me. I liked his careless swagger then; Lord! He was straight and fine to see. He courted me in that same coat -- He couldn't meet it now, I guess. That gay vest was the one he wore When I walked bride in my silver dress. He seemed as proud as I, those days. I never dreamed, when we were wed, I'd think the Scarecrow a better man, With a broom for a spine and a pumpkin head. Rags and tags of what he seemed, Mocking me in the field all day. What can I make a scarecrow of, To drive the hungry thoughts away? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...GRANNY'S SCARECROW by ANNE STEVENSON THE SCARECROW by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE THE SCARECROW by ANDREW YOUNG (1885-1971) LEDA AND THE SCARECROW by GARRETT OPPENHEIM THE SCARECROW by JOSEPH MARIE SOULARY MUSINGS ON THE WIG OF A SCARE-CROW by ROBERT SOUTHEY TO A SCARECROW, OR MALKIN, LEFT LONG AFTER HARVEST by CHARLES TENNYSON TURNER A CHARM SAID UNDER AN OAK by ABBIE FARWELL BROWN |
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