THE FALLOW FIELDS

THE FALLOW FIELDS

LET the fields lie fallowBare and brown.Let the great winds stride over themAnd the snow come down.Let them lie open to the sunTo the patient rain,And the dews whiten themE’er they yield again.Plough in the sturdy weed,The common flower,Let their wild vigor yieldA lusty dower.Then after sun and snowAfter dew and sleetFrom the earth will spring the greenFlame of the wheat.

LET the fields lie fallowBare and brown.Let the great winds stride over themAnd the snow come down.Let them lie open to the sunTo the patient rain,And the dews whiten themE’er they yield again.Plough in the sturdy weed,The common flower,Let their wild vigor yieldA lusty dower.Then after sun and snowAfter dew and sleetFrom the earth will spring the greenFlame of the wheat.

LET the fields lie fallowBare and brown.Let the great winds stride over themAnd the snow come down.

Let them lie open to the sunTo the patient rain,And the dews whiten themE’er they yield again.

Plough in the sturdy weed,The common flower,Let their wild vigor yieldA lusty dower.

Then after sun and snowAfter dew and sleetFrom the earth will spring the greenFlame of the wheat.

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