Witter Bynner Poems
- 1. A Farmer Remembers Lincoln
“Lincoln?-
Well, I was in the old Second Maine,
The first regiment in Washington from the Pine Tree State.
Of course I didn't get the butt of the clip;
... - 2. To Any One
Whether the time be slow or fast,
Enemies, hand in hand,
Must come together at the last
And understand.
... - 3. The New Life
Perhaps they laughed at Dante in his youth,
Told him that truth
Had unappealably been said
In the great masterpieces of the dead:-
... - 4. The Mystic
By seven vineyards on one hill
We walked. The native wine
In clusters grew beside us two,
For your lips and for mine,
... - 5. The Fields
Though wisdom underfoot
Dies in the bloody fields,
Slowly the endless root
Gathers again and yields.
... - 6. Sentence
Shall I say that what heaven gave
Earth has taken?-
Or that sleepers in the grave
Reawaken?
... - 7. Hills Of Home
Name me no names for my disease,
With uninforming breath;
I tell you I am none of these,
But homesick unto death-
... - 8. God's Acre
Because we felt there could not be
A mowing in reality
So white and feathery-blown and gay
With blossoms of wild caraway,
... - 9. A Thrush In The Moonlight
In came the moon and covered me with wonder,
Touched me and was near me and made me very still.
In came a rush of song, like rain after thunder,
Pouring importunate on my window-sill.
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