Country Portraits

Country Portraits

 

I see the dawn salute its birth

Across a dew-kissed, freshened earth;

I see the planted, full-dressed field,

Its harvest near abundant yield…

The cattle grazing in the lea,

Contented scenes of harmony.

 

I see the trees stretched proud and high,

Enchanting portraits ‘gainst the sky,

Yet deep within my staring face,

The origin I cannot trace…

But as the twilight ends the day,

A scene of joy is my survey.

Author's Note

Genevieve Robinson McKibben
Smithfield, GA
Born: January 19, 1924
Died: June 6, 1972