Nature

The Poet's Possession

by Archibald Lampman 1861–1899

From Lyrics of Earth (1895)

Nature

Think not, oh master of the well-tilled field,
This earth is only thine; for after thee,
When all is sown and gathered and put by,
Comes the grave poet with creative eye,
And from these silent acres and clean plots,
Bids with his wand the fancied after-yield,
A second tilth and second harvest, be,
The crop of images and curious thoughts.

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From Lyrics of Earth (1895)

MLA

Lampman, Archibald. “The Poet's Possession.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/lampman/93/.

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Lampman, Archibald. “The Poet's Possession.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/lampman/93/.

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