The Need of Being Versed in Country Things
The house had gone to bring again
To the midnight sky a sunset glow.
Now the chimney was all of the house that stood,
Like a pistil after the petals go.
The barn opposed across the way,
That would have joined the house in flame
Had it been the will of the wind, was left
To bear forsaken the place’s name.
No more it opened with all one end
For teams that came by the stony road
To drum on the floor with scurrying hoofs
And brush the mow with the summer load.
The birds that came to it through the air
At broken windows flew out and in,
Their murmur more like the sigh we sigh
From too much dwelling on what has been.
Yet for them the lilac renewed its leaf,
And the aged elm, though touched with fire;
And the dry pump flung up an awkward arm;
And the fence post carried a strand of wire.
For them there was really nothing sad.
But though they rejoiced in the nest they kept,
One had to be versed in country things
Not to believe the phoebes wept.
By Robert Frost – 1874-1963
Feelin’ Alright · Joe Cocker
Billie Jo Spears perfoming Blanket On The Ground in 1975
Cass Elliot singing Make Your Own Kind Of Music in 1969
King Crimson, “21st Century Schizoid Man”
Booker T. & the M.G.’s, “Time Is Tight” released 1969
Wonderful English countryside and historical scenery in this performance of River Man by Nick Drake released in 1969
John Lennon, “Cold Turkey”
The 5th Dimension, “Wedding Bell Blues”
The Beatles, “Don’t Let Me Down”
Thatched Cottages in the Sunshine: Reminiscence of the North
Thatched Cottages in the Sunshine: Reminiscence of the North by Vincent van Gogh in Saint-Rémy: February, 1890. Current location The Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia
Oil on canvas
50.0 x 39.0 cm.
