The Gardener 84
Over the green and yellow rice-fields sweep the shadows of theautumn clouds followed by the swift chasing sun.The bees forget to sip their honey; drunken with light theyfoolishly hover and hum.The ducks in the islands of the river clamour in joy for mere nothing.Let none go back home, brothers, this morning, let none go to work.Let us take the blue sky by storm and plunder space as we run.Laughter floats in the air like foam on the flood.Brothers, let us squander our morning in futile songs.
Words in this poem
- hover n.
- A cover; a shelter; a protection. Carew. C. Kingsley. [Etymol. doubtful.]
- clamour n.
- A great outcry or vociferation; loud and continued shouting or exclamation. [OF. clamour, clamur, F. clameur, fr. L. clamor, fr. clamare to cry out. See Claim.]
- futile a.
- Talkative; loquacious; tattling. [L. futilis that easily pours out, that easily lets loose, vain, worthless, from the root of fundere to pour out: cf. F. futile. See Fuse, v. t.]
Definitions and etymologies from Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913.
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