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ANOTHER REAPER by WILLIAM H. ARMSTRONG III

First Line: GO DOWN,MY SON TO THE PLOUGHING
Last Line: WHEN BLOOD IS ON THE PLAIN.
Subject(s): FARM LIFE; AGRICULTURE; FARMERS;
Go down, my son, to the ploughing
In fields where the robin runs,
And turn the dead leaves under
While I listen to the guns.

Go down, my son, to the planting,
Now nature makes man a seer,
And root your faith in sub-soil
For death is rumbling near.

Go down, my son, to the harvest,
The answer to prayers for rain,
And I shall come down to find you
When blood is on the plain.



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