Harold Edward Monro Earth Poems
- 1. Week-end
I
The train! The twelve o'clock for paradise.
Hurry, or it will try to creep away.
... - 2. Two Poems
I
If suddenly a clod of earth should rise,
And walk about, and breathe, and speak, and love,
... - 3. Dog
You little friend, your nose is ready; you sniff,
Asking for that expected walk,
(Your nostrils full of the happy rabbit-whiff)
And almost talk.
... - 4. Man Carrying Bale
The tough hand closes gently on the load;
Out of the mind, a voice
Calls 'Lift!' and the arms, remembering well their work,
Lengthen and pause for help.
... - 5. Real Property
'Tell me about that harvest field.'
Oh! Fifty acres of living bread.
The colour has painted itself in my heart;
The form is patterned in my head.
... - 6. Gravity
I
Fit for perpetual worship is the power
That holds our bodies safely to the earth.
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