Where Ryemeadows Farmhouse once stood there is now only poultry-stricken grass and a spring bubbling up cold as glass. In rhyme royal stanzas Masefield tells what happened there: a girl, two young men who love her, a long absence abroad and a promise that the years make bitter.
One of the narrative poems that made the future Poet Laureate famous, direct and deeply felt. Download the free EPUB.