village - Popular Poems and stories from category

'Twas in a little western town    An ancient Maiden dwelt:
Her name was
SS, or
SS,

On the cheerful village green, Skirted round with houses small,
All the boys and girls are seen, Playing there with hoop and ball
Now they frolic hand in hand, Making many a merry chain;
Then they form a warlike band, Marching o'er ...

O,
Vrba, happy village, my old home -My father's cottage stands there to this day
The lure of learning beckoned me away
Its serpent wiles enticing me to roam,

To E
M
S
Here, where your garden fenced about and still is,    Here, where the unmoved summer air is

Under a spreading chestnut-tree
The village smithy stands;
The smith, a mighty man is he,
With large and sinewy hands;

The damsel from the field returns, The sun is sinking in the west; Her bundle on her head she sets, And in her hand she bears A bunch of roses and of violets
To-morrow is a holiday, And she, as usual, must them wear Upon her bodice, in her ha...

My dear old village,  every memory of home  pierces like a thorn

This old village—not a single house    without persimmon trees
Translated by Robert Hass

ON the cheerful village green,
Skirted round with houses small,
All the boys and girls are seen,
Playing there with hoop and ball