'Tennyson' At The Farm

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Title:     'Tennyson' At The Farm
Author: Richard Le Gallienne [More Titles by Le Gallienne]

(TO L. AND H.H.)

O you that dwell 'mid farm and fold,
Yet keep so quick undulled a heart,
I send you here that book of gold,
So loved so long;
The fairest art,
The sweetest English song.

And often in the far-off town,
When summer sits with open door,
I'll dream I see you set it down
Beside the churn,

Whose round shall slacken more and more,
Till you forget to turn.

And I shall smile that you forget,
And Dad will scold--but never mind!
Butter is good, but better yet,
Think such as we,
To leave the farm and fold behind,
And follow such as he.

[The end]
Richard Le Gallienne's poem: 'Tennyson' At The Farm

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