Poetry & Verse
The Frightened Ploughman
By John ClareSource: John Clare - PoetryDB (Public Domain)175 words
I went in the fields with the leisure I got, The stranger might smile but I heeded him not, The hovel was ready to screen...
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I went in the fields with the leisure I got, The stranger might smile but I heeded him not, The hovel was ready to screen from a shower, And the book in my pocket was read in an hour. The bird came for shelter, but soon flew away; The horse came to look, and seemed happy to stay; He stood up in quiet, and hung down his head, And seemed to be hearing the poem I read.…
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