Why 08 for M lady Emily

petrarchan sonnet

 

Why

 

When Autumn comes promising gain.

This bounty we will gratefully accept.

The fruits of our hard labours we expect

 assisted by the sunshine and the rain.

The roots and fruits and the sunripened grain,

which industrious workers will collect.

Although sometimes we learn by harsh precept.

The harvest fails and hunger stalks the land ,

Then men adopt a different attitude.

Why this should be we cannot understand

Good harvests gain our earnest gratitude.

But should the harvest fail then we demand

from God an answer couched in language rude.

 

1-Oct-08

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[Emily B]

We expect so much
we give so little.

I wonder what we would answer our children for their rude answers . . .