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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ON THE BORDER OF A FIELD, by HELEN HOYT (1887-1972) Poet's Biography First Line: I saw a picture once: blue, blue Last Line: Under my very feet I saw him lying there! Alternate Author Name(s): Lyman, W. W., Mrs. | |||
I saw a picture once: blue, blue Was the sky, over a wide field where flowers grew, And men were working there, digging and sowing, And men were coming and going With horses and ploughs, turning the soil, While a young girl, watching their toil, Stood with her lover, and children ran playing between. Vigor and sunshine made beautiful the old scene. But in a corner of the picture, where tree-roots had split And torn away the ground, I saw beneath the field an open pit, And in its hollow a skeleton was laid. The girl and her lover, the children as they played, Those who were digging and sowing, and the strong-armed ploughers They were not remembering death, and how the flowers And the fields and the trees had grown More richly for mouldered bodies. Of that man of bone Only I of the picture was aware. Under my very feet I saw him lying there! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...GRAVID by HELEN HOYT (1887-1972) SUNSET by HELEN HOYT (1887-1972) THE BRIDE AND THE MATRON by HELEN HOYT (1887-1972) SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: ALBERT SCHIRDING by EDGAR LEE MASTERS HYBRIDS OF WAR: A MORALITY POEM: 3. THAILALND by KAREN SWENSON SECOND BOOK OF AIRS: SONG 18 by THOMAS CAMPION LAMENT by WILFRID WILSON GIBSON TERNISSA, FR HELLENICS by WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR THE CORAL GROVE by JAMES GATES PERCIVAL ODES I, 38. AD MINISTRAM by QUINTUS HORATIUS FLACCUS |
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