Love
"Like Barley Bending"
From Flame and Shadow (1920)
Love
Like barley bending
In low fields by the sea,
Singing in hard wind
Ceaselessly;
Like barley bending
And rising again,
So would I, unbroken,
Rise from pain;
So would I softly,
Day long, night long,
Change my sorrow
Into song.
Cite this poem
MLA
Teasdale, Sara. “"Like Barley Bending".” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/teasdale/265/.
Chicago
Teasdale, Sara. “"Like Barley Bending".” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/teasdale/265/.
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