Quiet, stoic
granite men
some more
wordy, but normally silent,
Long in the land and happy for the stillness,
The solitude of the ancient hayfield,
the thick forest, the craggy shore, the stormy sea
Flinty like the land, the earth
dependable as the seasons
Taciturn Yankees one and all
Of older stuff remembering the virtues
of holding the tongue, stiff upper lip
and shoulder to the task before them
Long in the land and happy for the stillness,
The solitude of the ancient hayfield,
the thick forest, the craggy shore, the stormy sea
Flinty like the land, the earth
dependable as the seasons
Taciturn Yankees one and all
Of older stuff remembering the virtues
of holding the tongue, stiff upper lip
and shoulder to the task before them
Idle hands
they have not
farmers and
journeymen,
And we are richer for it
And we are richer for it
flinty Yankees
of the land
thankful for
the harvest
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edited October 20,
2014
In Praise of
Taciturn Yankees – v6
(editing version 4)
edited March 25,
2014
In Praise of
Taciturn Yankees – v5
(editing original
again)
Edited December 23,
2013
In Praise of
Taciturn Yankees – v4
editing original
again)
Edited
November 28, 2013
In
Praise of Taciturn Yankees – v3
(editing
original again)
(Thanksgiving
Day)
Edited
May 4, 2013
“In
Praise of Taciturn Yankees – v2”
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/05/in-praise-of-taciturn-yankees-v2.html
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/05/in-praise-of-taciturn-yankees-v2.html
September
20, 2005 12:41
“In
Praise of Taciturn Yankees”
–
While I was driving to work this morning on Rte 101 in NH, one of the NHPR
reporters was talking about the new Encyclopedia of New England (http://www.unh.edu/news/news_releases/2005/september/em_050919encyclopedia.htm).
They were commenting how New England isn’t just made up of maple syrup, town
meetings, and taciturn Yankees.
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