I placed a jar in Tennessee, I placed a jar in Tennessee, And round it was, upon a hill. And round it was, upon a hill. It made the slovenly wilderness It made the slovenly wilderness Surround that hill. Surround that hill. The wilderness rose up to it, And sprawled around, no longer wild. The wilderness rose up to it, The jar was round upon the ground And sprawled around, no longer wild. And tall and of a port in air. The jar was round upon the ground It took dominion everywhere. And tall and of a port in air. The jar was gray and bare. It did not give of bird or bush, It took dominion everywhere. The jar was gray and bare. It did not give of bird or bush, Like nothing else in Tennessee. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AN ORDER FOR A PICTURE by ALICE CARY THE MORAL FABLES: THE COCK AND THE FOX by AESOP THE FOOD OF THE SOUL by HARRY RANDOLPH BLYTHE CHERRY-BUDS by GAMALIEL BRADFORD CLIFF DWELLER LYRICS: ANY HOUSEWIFE'S LAMENT by BERTON BRALEY THE WANDERER: 5. IN HOLLAND: A LETTER TO CORDELIA by EDWARD ROBERT BULWER-LYTTON GLIMPSES OF ITALY: 4. FRA ANGELICO by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON MASQUE AT THE MARRIAGE OF THE EARL OF SOMERSET: CHORUS (3) by THOMAS CAMPION |