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The Sower.

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Sitting in a porchway cool,     Fades the ruddy sunlight fast,     Twilight hastens on to rule -     Working hours are wellnigh past     Shadows shoot across the lands;     But one sower lingers still,     Old, in rags, he patient stands, -     Looking on, I feel a thrill.     Black and high his silhouette     Dominates the furrows deep!     Now to sow the task is set,     Soon shall come a time to reap.     Marches he along the plain,     To and fro, and scatters wide     From his hands the precious grain;     Moody, I, to see him stride.     Darkness deepens. Gone the light.     Now his gestures to mine eyes     Are august; and strange - his height     Seems to touch the starry skies.     TORU DUTT.

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