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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE DUSTER, by GEORGIA MOORE EBERLING First Line: On all the plains and hills deep shadows lie Last Line: Cannot replace the grass -- now so long dead. | |||
On all the plains and hills deep shadows lie, The sun shines faintly through a mask of gray, Then sullenly, he dims his last faint ray As clouds of dust obscure the troubled sky. Before the hurtling wind the bleached weeds fly Across vast, barren plains, where once there lay A green and fragrant carpet, but today We see the plowed sod writhe, hear the gale's cry! Lost Red Man, you were wiser far than we, The Pale-face breed who ploughed and sowed the plains On which the deer and buffalo once fed. Where once the shielding grass swayed, tired eyes see The gashed fields bleeding dust, and healing rains Cannot replace the grass -- now so long dead. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SANTA FE AT DUSK by GEORGIA MOORE EBERLING THE SECRET by KATHERINE MANSFIELD THE CRANES OF IBYCUS by EMMA LAZARUS I SIT AND SEW by ALICE RUTH MOORE DUNBAR-NELSON LOVERS HOW THEY COME AND PART by ROBERT HERRICK TO AMARANTHA, THAT SHE WOULD DISHEVEL HER HAIR by RICHARD LOVELACE ENVOY: 5. TO MY NAME-CHILD by ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON AUTUMN by GUILLAUME APOLLINAIRE |
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