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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
WINTER MIDNIGHT, by FRANCES HALL
First Line: Watchdogs bark from farm to slumbering farm
Last Line: And every living thing returns to peace.
Subject(s): Animals; Dogs
First Line: Watchdogs bark from farm to slumbering farm
Last Line: And every living thing returns to peace.
Subject(s): Animals; Dogs
The watchdogs bark from farm to slumbering farm
Some coded message through the tranquil night.
Across the level fields the moon shines bright
To aid that sharp, vociferous alarm.
With drowsy dread of some impending harm
The henhouse stirs to undefined affright;
And in his place the plow horse, sleeping light,
Is roused to misty snortings, moist and warm.
The rumor goes its round. The bayings cease.
Our dog comes back to curl against the door.
The barnyard hushes into rest once more.
Through all the countryside good silence falls.
Sleep bends above the land, the roofs, the stalls;
And every living thing returns to peace.
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