Harry Ploughman
Hard as hurdle arms, with a broth of goldish flue
Breathed around, breathed around; the rack of ribs; the
scooped flank; lank
Rope-over thigh; knee-nave; and barrelled shank —
Head and foot, and shoulder and shank —
By a grey eye's heed steered well, one crew, fall to;
Stand at stress. Each limb's barrowy brawn, his thew
That onewhere curded, onewhere sucked or sank —
Soared or sank —
Hard as hurdle arms, with a broth of goldish flue
Breathed around, breathed around; the rack of ribs; the
scooped flank; lank
Rope-over thigh; knee-nave; and barrelled shank —
Head and foot, and shoulder and shank —
He leans to it, Harry bends, look. Back, elbow, and liquid
waist
In him, all quail to the wallowing o' the plough: 's cheek
crimsons; curls
Wag or crossbridle, in a wind lifted, windlaced —
See his wind- lilylocks -laced;
Hard as hurdle arms, with a broth of goldish flue
Breathed around, breathed around; the rack of ribs; the
scooped flank; lank
Rope-over thigh; knee-nave; and barrelled shank —
Head and foot, and shoulder and shank —
Churlsgrace, too, child of Amansstrength, how it hangs
or hurls
Them — broad in bluff hide his frowning feet lashed!
raced
With, along them, cragiron under and cold furls —
With-a-fountain's shining-shot furls.
Hard as hurdle arms, with a broth of goldish flue
Breathed around, breathed around; the rack of ribs; the
scooped flank; lank
Rope-over thigh; knee-nave; and barrelled shank —
Head and foot, and shoulder and shank. |