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The Mad Farmer Poems QUOTES

The Mad Farmer Poems QUOTES

1 " Dance,' they told me, and I stood still,
and while I stood quiet in line at the gate of the Kingdom, I danced.

'Pray,' they said, and I laughed,
covering myself in the earth's brightnesses,
and then stole off gray into the midst of a revel,
and prayed like an orphan. "

― Wendell Berry , The Mad Farmer Poems

2 " When I rise up
let me rise up joyful
like a bird.

When I fall
let me fall without regret
like a leaf. "

― Wendell Berry , The Mad Farmer Poems