Post by Vagabond on Nov 11, 2013 22:05:18 GMT
Tall Nettles
Tall nettles cover up, as they have done
These many springs, the rusty harrow, the plough
Long worn out, and the roller made of stone:
Only the elm but tops the nettles now.
This corner of the farmyard I like the most:
As many a bloom upon a flower
I like the dust on the nettles never lost
Except to prove the sweetness of a shower.
Edward Thomas
Killed in Action 1917
Tall nettles cover up, as they have done
These many springs, the rusty harrow, the plough
Long worn out, and the roller made of stone:
Only the elm but tops the nettles now.
This corner of the farmyard I like the most:
As many a bloom upon a flower
I like the dust on the nettles never lost
Except to prove the sweetness of a shower.
Edward Thomas
Killed in Action 1917
