Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AUTUMN PLOUGHING, by MARGARET ELIZABETH MUNSON SANGSTER Poet's Biography First Line: More than the beauty of summer Last Line: Though his ploughshare lay me low. Alternate Author Name(s): Van Deth, Gerrit, Mrs. Subject(s): Farm Life; Fruit; Growth; Harvest; Agriculture; Farmers | ||||||||
MORE than the beauty of summer Is shed on the hills to-day, And the fragrant breath of the vintage Is borne on the winds away, As, father and son together, The farmers are guiding the plough; Deep and straight is the furrow They set in the green earth now. "Plough deep," is the old man's counsel, As they turn the fallow field That yet shall laugh with the harvest, And wave with a golden yield. "Plough deep and straight," and the sturdy Answer rings back with a will, As the tilth is ready for sowing On the sun-swept reach of hill. I watch, and over my spirit There wafts an echoed psalm, Sweet as a thought of our Father, And full of heaven's balm. God knows how deep the furrow Needed by soul of mine, Ere the stony soul shall quicken And bloom with fruits divine. And God who cares for the vintage When the sap is in the stem, And God who crowns the summer With the autumn's diadem, And God who all the winter Beholds the world's bread grow, May be trusted for loving kindness Though his ploughshare lay me low. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...KICKING THE LEAVES by DONALD HALL THE FARMER'S BOY: WINTER by ROBERT BLOOMFIELD THE FARMER'S BOY: SPRING by ROBERT BLOOMFIELD THE FARMER'S BOY: SUMMER by ROBERT BLOOMFIELD THE FARMER'S BOY: AUTUMN by ROBERT BLOOMFIELD ARE THE CHILDREN AT HOME? by MARGARET ELIZABETH MUNSON SANGSTER |
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