Hoofs of Pegasus

<p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_48" id="Page_48">[Pg 48]</SPAN></span></p> <h2>THE FALLOW FIELDS</h2> <div class="poetry-container"><div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> <span class="i0"><span class="bigfont">L</span>ET the fields lie fallow</span> <span class="i0">Bare and brown.</span> <span class="i0">Let the great winds stride over them</span> <span class="i0">And the snow come down.</span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Let them lie open to the sun</span> <span class="i0">To the patient rain,</span> <span class="i0">And the dews whiten them</span> <span class="i0">E’er they yield again.</span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Plough in the sturdy weed,</span> <span class="i0">The common flower,</span> <span class="i0">Let their wild vigor yield</span> <span class="i0">A lusty dower.</span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Then after sun and snow</span> <span class="i0">After dew and sleet</span> <span class="i0">From the earth will spring the green</span> <span class="i0">Flame of the wheat.</span></div> </div></div> <hr class="chap" /> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />