< Flame and Shadow

"LIKE BARLEY BENDING"

Like barley bending
In low fields by the sea,
Singing in hard wind
Ceaselessly;


Like barley bending
And rising again,
So would I, unbroken,
Rise from pain;


So would I softly,
Day long, night long,
Change my sorrow
Into song.

This article is issued from Wikisource. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.