I watch the farmers in their fields And marvel secretly. They are so very calm and sure, They have such dignity. They know such simple things so well, Although their learning's small, They find a steady, brown content Where some find none at all. And... In April Once - Page 85by William Alexander Percy - 1920 - 134 pagesFull view - About this book
| Caroline Miles Hill - Religious poetry - 1923 - 888 pages
...• This is the country faith, And best of all! FARMERS WILLIAM ALEXANDER PERCY I watch the farmers in their fields And marvel secretly. They are so very...content Where some find none at all. And all their quarrelings with God Are soon made up again; They grant forgiveness when He sends His silver, tardy... | |
| North Carolina - 1925 - 604 pages
...scientists, Northern and Southern. Where, then, are the poets ? I quote from one of the best of them: They know such simple things so well, Although their...steady, brown content. Where some find none at all. True he was writing about farmers, but whom the cap fits, let him wear it. The South is girding for... | |
| North Carolina - 1925 - 582 pages
...scientists, Northern and Southern. Where, then, are the poets ? I quote from one of the best of them : They know such simple things so well, Although their...steady, brown content, Where some find none at all. True he was writing about farmers, but whom the cap fits, let him wear it. The South is girding for... | |
| Caroline Miles Hill - Religious poetry, English - 1928 - 888 pages
...— This is the country^ faith, And best of all! FARMERS WILLIAM ALEXANDER PERCY I watch the farmers in their fields And marvel secretly. They are so very...content Where some find none at all. And all their quarrelings with God Are soon made up again; They grant forgiveness when He sends Their pleasure is... | |
| William Stanley Braithwaite - American poetry - 1920 - 208 pages
..."Swiftly we live and splendidly we die." Harper's Magazine Louis Untermeyer FARMERS I watch the farmers in their fields And marvel secretly. They are so very...steady, brown content Where some find none at all. 24 Are soon made up again; They grant forgiveness when He sends His silver, tardy rain. Their pleasure... | |
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