Nature
The Cornfields
From General William Booth Enters into Heaven, and Other Poems (1913)
Nature
The cornfields rise above mankind,
Lifting white torches to the blue,
Each season not ashamed to be
Magnificently decked for you.
What right have you to call them yours,
And in brute lust of riches burn
Without some radiant penance wrought,
Some beautiful, devout return?
Cite this poem
MLA
Lindsay, Vachel. “The Cornfields.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/lindsay/36/.
Chicago
Lindsay, Vachel. “The Cornfields.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/lindsay/36/.
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