Lyrics of Earth

<h2><SPAN name="THE_POETS_POSSESSION" id="THE_POETS_POSSESSION"></SPAN>THE POET'S POSSESSION</h2> <div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Think not, oh master of the well-tilled field,<br/></span> <span class="i0">This earth is only thine; for after thee,<br/></span> <span class="i0">When all is sown and gathered and put by,<br/></span> <span class="i0">Comes the grave poet with creative eye,<br/></span> <span class="i0">And from these silent acres and clean plots,<br/></span> <span class="i0">Bids with his wand the fancied after-yield,<br/></span> <span class="i0">A second tilth and second harvest, be,<br/></span> <span class="i0">The crop of images and curious thoughts.<br/></span></div> </div> <hr style="width: 65%;" /> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />