Tuesday, December 31, 2002

Places And Men Comments

Rating: 4.5

In Sussex here, by shingle and by sand,
Flat fields and farmsteads in their wind-blown trees,
The shallow tide-wave courses to the land,
And all along the down a fringe one sees
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William Allingham
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Sylvaonyema Uba 27 February 2017

Nicely written sonnet With good rhyme and rhythm. Sylva

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Mariyam Reyshma 11 December 2015

The inner sweet of life; and put in word A personal force that doth not pass away. I love these lines. Its a wonderful poem

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Susan Williams 11 December 2015

Do men shape their land or does the land shape the men? Goodwood and Arundel possess their lords, Successive in the towers and groves, which stay; These two poor men, by some right of their own, Possessed the earth and sea, the sun and moon, The inner sweet of life; and put in words A personal force that doth not pass away.

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Chetan Pandey 11 December 2015

liked it... Thanks for sharing

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M Asim Nehal 11 December 2015

Nicely written.The inner sweet of life; and put in words A personal force that doth not pass away.

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Edward Kofi Louis 11 December 2015

Thanks for sharing. Nice work with the muse of nature.

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Ratnakar Mandlik 11 December 2015

Excellent poem with beautiful diction. Enjoyed the poem. Thanks for sharing.

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William Allingham

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