Now leave the check-reins slack, <br />The seed is flying far today - <br />The seed like stars against the black <br />Eternity of April clay. <br /> <br />This seed is potent as the seed <br />Of knowledge in the Hebrew Book, <br />So drive your horses in the creed <br />Of God the Father as a stook. <br /> <br />Forget the men on Brady's Hill. <br />Forget what Brady's boy may say. <br />For destiny will not fulfil <br />Unless you let the harrow play. <br /> <br />Forget the worm's opinion too <br />Of hooves and pointed harrow-pins, <br />For you are driving your horses through <br />The mist where Genesis begins.<br /><br />Patrick Kavanagh<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/to-the-man-after-the-harrow/
