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Victor Hugo - The SowerVictor Hugo - 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.
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