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    Under the Tree
    Under the Tree
    Under the Tree
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    Under the Tree

    By Elizabeth Madox Roberts

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    Under the Tree is a collection of poems about country life and the sweet, lovely comforts of simpler things like going to school or milking a cow. Excerpt: "I saw a shadow on the ground And heard a bluejay going by; A shadow went across the ground, And I looked up and saw the sky. It hung up on the poplar tree, But while I looked it did not stay; It gave a tiny sort of jerk And moved a little bit away."
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherGood Press
    Release dateDec 9, 2019
    ISBN4064066241100
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    Elizabeth Madox Roberts

    Elizabeth Madox Roberts was a novelist and poet, primarily known for her novels and stories set in central Kentucky’s Washington County, including The Time of Man (1926), The Great Meadow (1930), and A Buried Treasure (1931). Roberts was awarded several major prizes during her career, including the John Reed Memorial Prize in 1928, an O. Henry Award in 1930, and a Poetry Society of South Carolina prize in 1931. The Time of Man was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize in 1926, and The Great Meadow was nominated for the same award in 1930.

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      Under the Tree - Elizabeth Madox Roberts

      Elizabeth Madox Roberts

      Under the Tree

      Published by Good Press, 2019

      goodpress@okpublishing.info

      EAN 4064066241100

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      THE SKY

      I saw a shadow on the ground

      And heard a bluejay going by;

      A shadow went across the ground,

      And I looked up and saw the sky.

      It hung up on the poplar tree,

      But while I looked it did not stay;

      It gave a tiny sort of jerk

      And moved a little bit away.

      And farther on and farther on

      It moved and never seemed to stop.

      I think it must be tied with chains

      And something pulls it from the top.

      It never has come down again,

      And every time I look to see,

      The sky is always slipping back

      And getting far away from me.

      THE CORNFIELD

      I went across the pasture lot

      When not a one was watching me.

      Away beyond the cattle barns

      I climbed a little crooked tree.

      And I could look down on the field

      And see the corn and how it grows

      Across the world and up and down

      In very straight and even rows.

      And far away and far away—

      I wonder if the farmer man

      Knows all about the corn and how

      It comes together like a fan.

      MILKING TIME

      When supper time is almost come,

      But not quite here, I cannot wait,

      And so I take my china mug

      And go down by the milking gate.

      The cow is always eating shucks

      And spilling off the little silk.

      Her purple eyes are big and soft—

      She always smells like milk.

      And Father takes my mug from me,

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