The Sower

The sower

is out, the sun

Raised from the night

still blinks at him

in golden season.

Sweetest earth!

and flowery grass;

The small flowers, perfect

and pale,

are dotted like spindles

about his toes.

Cheers! the seeds

fall free—and fly to the fields.

O, to be

young

as rain

of the flowers!

  • William Carlos Williams