The Peasant's Apology
Ford Madox Hueffer
1873 to 1939
Down near the earth
On the steaming furrows
Things are harsh and black enough
Dearth there is and lack enough,
And immemorial sorrows
Stultify sweet mirth
Till she borrows
Bitterness and blackness from the earth.
Ford Madox Hueffer's The Peasant's Apology
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