Witter Bynner Forget 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. The Fields
Though wisdom underfoot
Dies in the bloody fields,
Slowly the endless root
Gathers again and yields.
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