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The Fields

Witter Bynner

Though wisdom underfoot
 Dies in the bloody fields,
Slowly the endless root
 Gathers again and yields.

In fields where hate has hurled
 Its force, where folly rots,
Wisdom shall be unfurled
 Small as forget-me-nots.
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From The Second Book of Modern Verse | 1919
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