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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
EAN 8596547306375
DigiCat, 2022
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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,
And then