Relationships
The Reapers
From The Defence of Guenevere and Other Poems
Relationships
So many reapers, Father John,
So many reapers and no little son,
To meet you when the day is done,
With little stiff legs to waddle and run?
Pray you beg, borrow, or steal one son.
Hurrah for the corn-sheaves of Father John!
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MLA
Morris, William. “The Reapers.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/morris/139/.
Chicago
Morris, William. “The Reapers.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/morris/139/.
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