A Grain of Mustard Seed

Authors: May Sarton

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“A Grain of Mustard Seed: Poems Evening Walk In FranceWhen twilight comes, before it gets too late,We swing behind us the heavy iron gate,And as it clangs shut, stand a moment thereTo taste the world, the larger open air,And walk among the grandeur of the vines,Those long rows written in imperfect lines,Low massive trunks that bear the delicateInsignia of leaves where grapes are set;And here the sky is a great roofless roomWhere late bees and late people wander home,And here we walk on slowly th...rough the duskAnd watch the long waves of the dark that maskBlack cypresses far off, and gently takeThe sumptuous clouds and roofs within their wake,Until the solid nearer haystacks seemLike shadows looming ghostly out of dream,And the stone farm becomes an ancient lair,Dissolving into dusk—and is not there.A dog barks, and a single lamp is lit.We are two silent shadows crossing it.Under the lamp a woman stands at rest,Cutting a loaf of bread across her breast.MoreLess Read More Read Less