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In tbe Cool of_ the Evening.
Lord Ernle and the Land
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thl' coCtl uf the C\ l'n tng \\-hen the l
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\\hen the labourers • turn . th<'m ho 111 ,..\"'
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the wear) ha\'C t I 1e1r w t 11 ,
, o 'e t tht· for(:l>t- .
arc !>hakrn,
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h it but th wind t hat cometh o 'er the far ,
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Army.
Praise Worth tla\ing .
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tht) be""an, raw and untratncd, t C)
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h t. ll thee. tir)t to adm;r. But t_he} brou~' t toO\\I;s-
upon th• Jr new task:. the qut~k Jlltelltgl.:ntt.: of t their For the) sa} 'tis bu t the suns et wind!> tha t wan
through the heathert
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women, the cnthustasm whtch had _Prompted ved
Ru!>tle all t he meadow grass and bend th urn.
\\ 1 tltn of agnud-
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11 C' IO\ t>th,
turc to which, under the. prc-.,ure of \\.u emerg.•·n·
1 twy hnvt' v1 Jled 1 l is lovely v~s tur!' wirh lhr•
, ,t ... , ''omen have not put tht 1r hando;. _ !n so do1ng
darkn<'"'- of a nam e !
1111\ \\ rorc not di5COUI.lJ;t.d b\ the authorttl(.> ... , lx~au~c
1 hro' JIJo.; ( .ardPn, th ro' H is Garden it is but rh,.
their labour w:t" int'l':""' e
wind th.tt mov< th ,
... hows thnt t he·re ::ut' p.trticular ?ranches of agr~ntl
\,) more; but 0 , the mi racle, thf' mitadt• ic; thr
ture for \\ hid1 wonH•n h:-~\1' ..,pl'<'t.tl npt•tud<·"· hr . . r
same!
tlllon~ thrsc .trc the handhng cool ~,r the n·t>ning , whe n thP -,k) i!J a n old
clbO\' t' .dl, d.liry · n~ .tnd thi' rt>aring Of )OUllg anllll,IJ...
-.toq
In df'.tlinrr wilh hor,,.~ their light hnnd ... comprn,tl•
for tlll\ w~mt of stn nc•th . fhl'\' e-.rtl in milk1ng and
">lowly d, mg, but n·m embered, ay , and lovPd with
d .til, work .tncl thcr. ~t.tnd.trd. of eh .llll n<''"' whid1
P·'"'ion ,tJJI.
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rh('\ h n <'introduced is a vnluablt> :l'-'Ct. \ \\Oman '
l lu ... h ' . . . the fringes of H ic; garmC'n t, on thf'
'-trn·l \\ Jih :tnirnals ..,t'(Jlh to l>1· that to h•·• tlH~
fadtng g-olden g-lory ,
·" ' not m.tt hinc-s but indiddu.tl ... : in inknour-.1 '' ith
"l)frlr 1uc;t lmg a<; l fp c-ometh o '<'r UtP far g rr1-n
•I limb , n •ar u1'.., <..1tc ha' found companion ... lup, t \ t•n
hill.
. t '-tl\\' i ... c! .. J O~f'U( I " or an " J sah< 1 ,, an:orJJng
Alfred Noyes,
"' 'h u.tclf'r nnJ hc·haviour. fn the light('r br.wrh1·s
(ColiN it'd Poems . HlaekwOOd
1 I E poetry of earth is never dead :
111oq proli1 if'nt: thP light muslin ma..,k whilh thP\
\\'hen a ll th e birds are fa int with the hot
111tn dut .. d ll'> n protf dton ag.tin ... t the du"t " In t
s un,
I Ill ill<;f,IJllt' C>lll of fll,IJl\ of thf inte-llig('n("l' \\hit IJ
.\ nd hide in coohng tr <:><'S, a voic<' will run
rh• \ h.J\'r• grrwr,dh brought to bf'nt on the indus-
From hf'sts a t ease benc·a th som e pleasant weed.
l n .111 of thPm \\Ornrn have f:-.r~>lkd.
" 1 he poet ry of <'arth i" ceasi ng never :
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On a lon e w inter evening , whe n the frost
\\'it.h ;"ll~'h a nuclrus it j., hoped rhat th c:- ~ ational
H as wrought a silence from the s tovP there
\.;-.octatlon of Landswonwn may tlo u ri.,h nnd proc;-
shrill s
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W 1. I n nny < :t<;c, th<' \YonH•n 's L a nd .\ rmv at 1 hf' Cr i<' kct's song, in warmth incr<'a')ing eov<'r
llw national crisis which callf•d it into <·xiste'nc~
;\ nd Sf 'Cm <; to one in drowsiness half lost,
lt,,.., dom an admirablf' pit C<' of work. Th Pv hav~
ThE' \. 1 nsshopper 's among som<' grassy hill~. "
• •m~JIIr rr d th£' pn·judic<'s which met them "at th<>
K eats. (Sonnets. L . P. Iltll )
outc;N .. Into farm work, a<; into other activitie-,
lo v. hu 1t wornNl have b!'f'n adm itt<'ry nu ngr£' rPward - Thr R t 1! on I d Eor
I hf' bobolink has comP, a nd like the- soul
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• Of thr t; W<'c t season vocal in a bird
c ' urg I ~.s . trl C'cstnw W fl know not wha • t
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