Time & Brevity
We Field-Women
From Winter Words in Various Moods and Metres (1928)
How it rained
When we worked at Flintcomb-Ash,
And could not stand upon the hill
Trimming swedes for the slicing-mill.
The wet washed through us — plash, plash, plash:
How it rained!
How it snowed
When we crossed from Flintcomb-Ash
To the Great Barn for drawing reed,
Since we could nowise chop a swede. —
Flakes in each doorway and casement-sash:
How it snowed!
How it shone
When we went from Flintcomb-Ash
To start at dairy work once more
In the laughing meads, with cows three-score,
And pails, and songs, and love — too rash:
How it shone!
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MLA
Hardy, Thomas. “We Field-Women.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/hardy/719/.
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Hardy, Thomas. “We Field-Women.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/hardy/719/.
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