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THERE was a high majestic fooling | |
Day before yesterday in the yellow corn. | |
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And day after to-morrow in the yellow corn | |
There will be high majestic fooling. | |
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The ears ripen in late summer | 5 |
And come on with a conquering laughter, | |
Come on with a high and conquering laughter. | |
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The long-tailed blackbirds are hoarse. | |
One of the smaller blackbirds chitters on a stalk | |
And a spot of red is on its shoulder | 10 |
And I never heard its name in my life. | |
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Some of the ears are bursting. | |
A white juice works inside. | |
Cornsilk creeps in the end and dangles in the wind. | |
AlwaysI never knew it any other way | 15 |
The wind and the corn talk things over together. | |
And the rain and the corn and the sun and the corn | |
Talk things over together. | |
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Over the road is the farmhouse. | |
The siding is white and a green blind is slung loose. | 20 |
It will not be fixed till the corn is husked. | |
The farmer and his wife talk things over together. | |
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