Love

Freedom

by Michael Field 1846–1914 (Bradley) and 1862–1913 (Cooper)

From A Selection from the Poems of Michael Field (1923)

Love

When I would think of what is free,
O timeless one, I think of thee;
Thou hast forgotten how we went together
Across the heather
Where I am left behind;
And I rejoice thy motions are
Swift, indifferent and far:
The birth-springs of the wind
Are for thy roving; and for me
The joy of bringing all those things to mind
We thought together.
Treading these little pathways of the heather.

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From a manuscript source, as marked in the 1923 Selection.

MLA

Field, Michael. “Freedom.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/field_m/150/.

Chicago

Field, Michael. “Freedom.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/field_m/150/.

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