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1881–1941

THE CORNFIELD

Elizabeth Madox Roberts

I went across the pasture lot When not a one was watching me. Away beyond the cattle barns I climbed a little crooked tree.

And I could look down on the field And see the corn and how it grows Across the world and up and down In very straight and even rows.

And far away and far away — I wonder if the farmer man Knows all about the corn and how It comes together like a fan.

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