Classic Literature
The Poems of Edward ThomasAdlestrop

Adlestrop

Yes. I remember Adlestrop⁠—
The name, because one afternoon
Of heat the express-train drew up there
Unwontedly. It was late June.

The steam hissed. Someone cleared his throat.
No one left and no one came
On the bare platform. What I saw
Was Adlestrop⁠—only the name

And willows, willow-herb, and grass,
And meadowsweet, and haycocks dry,
No whit less still and lonely fair
Than the high cloudlets in the sky.

And for that minute a blackbird sang
Close by, and round him, mistier,
Farther and farther, all the birds
Of Oxfordshire and Gloucestershire.

Contents
The Huckster1 minA Gentleman1 minThe Bridge1 minLob5 minBright Clouds1 minThe Clouds That Are So Light1 minSome Eyes Condemn1 minMay 232 minThe Glory1 minMelancholy1 minAdlestrop1 minThe Green Roads1 minThe Mill-Pond1 minIt Was Upon1 minTall Nettles1 minHaymaking1 minHow at Once1 minGone, Gone Again1 minThe Sun Used to Shine1 minOctober1 minThe Long Small Room1 minFull contents of The Poems of Edward Thomas
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