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Under the Tree By: Elizabeth Madox Roberts (1881-1941) |
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And over and over I tried to see Some of us walking under the tree, And how it looks when I am there. From On the Hill UNDER THE TREE BY ELIZABETH MADOX ROBERTS NEW YORK B. W. HUEBSCH, INC. MCMXXII COPYRIGHT, 1922, BY B. W. HUEBSCH, INC. PRINTED IN U. S. A. TO MY FATHER SIMPSON ROBERTS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Certain of these poems have appeared in The Atlantic Monthly , The University Record (the University of Chicago), Poetry, a Magazine of Verse , Child Life , and the Phoenix . The author thanks the editors of these journals for the privilege of reprinting. CONTENTS PAGE THE SKY 1 THE CORNFIELD 3 MILKING TIME 4 IN MY PILLOW 6 MISS KATE MARIE 8 THE WOODPECKER 10 THE STAR 11 THE BUTTERBEAN TENT 12 BIG BROTHER 14 MR. WELLS 15 DICK AND WILL 16 THE PILASTER 18 FIREFLY 19 LITTLE RAIN 20 THE PULPIT 22 ON THE HILL 24 AUTUMN 26 THE RABBIT 28 CRESCENT MOON 29 FATHER'S STORY 30 CHRISTMAS MORNING 32 PEOPLE GOING BY 35 BABES IN THE WOODS 38 THE PICNIC 40 MUMPS 42 THE CIRCUS 44 STRANGE TREE 46 THE BRANCH 48 THE WORM 50 A CHILD ASLEEP 52 LITTLE BUSH 54 AT THE WATER 55 WATER NOISES 56 AMONG THE RUSHES 58 NUMBERS 59 IN THE NIGHT 60 THE PEOPLE 63 THE GRANDMOTHER 64 IN MARYLAND 66 THE SUNDAY BONNET 68 THE SUN AND A BIRCH TREE 70 A LITTLE WIND 71 AUTUMN FIELDS 72 MR. PENNYBAKER AT CHURCH 74 THE WOLVES 75 A BEAUTIFUL LADY 76 SHELLS IN ROCK 78 HORSE 80 AUGUST NIGHT 82 THREE DOMINICAN NUNS 84 MY HEART 85 THE HENS 86 THE SKY I saw a shadow on the ground And heard a bluejay going by; A shadow went across the ground, And I looked up and saw the sky. It hung up on the poplar tree, But while I looked it did not stay; It gave a tiny sort of jerk And moved a little bit away. And farther on and farther on It moved and never seemed to stop. I think it must be tied with chains And something pulls it from the top. It never has come down again, And every time I look to see, The sky is always slipping back And getting far away from me. THE CORNFIELD I went across the pasture lot When not a one was watching me. Away beyond the cattle barns I climbed a little crooked tree. And I could look down on the field And see the corn and how it grows Across the world and up and down In very straight and even rows. And far away and far away I wonder if the farmer man Knows all about the corn and how It comes together like a fan... Continue reading book >>
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