Milking Before Dawn
N the drifting tain thé cows in the yatd are as black And wet and shiny as rocks in an ebbing tide; But they smell of the soil, as leaves lying under trees Smell of the soil, damp and steaming, warm. The shed is an island of light and warmth, the night Was watet-cold and starless out in the paddock. ((ROUCHED on the stool, hearing only the beat The monotonous beat and hiss of the smooth machines, The choking gasp of the cups, the rattle of hooves, How easy to fall asleep again, to think Of the man in thé tity asleep; he does not feel The. night encircle him, the grasp of mud. UT now the hills in the east return, ate soft And grey with mist, the night recedes, and the rain. The eatth as it turns towards the sun is young Aégain, renewed, its history wiped away ' Like the tears of a child. Can the earth be young again And not the heart? Let the man in the city sleep.
Ruth
Dallas
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 17, Issue 439, 21 November 1947, Page 23
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178Milking Before Dawn New Zealand Listener, Volume 17, Issue 439, 21 November 1947, Page 23
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