The wall is not a wall at all. It’s the farmer’s labor To **** the land of stone, To stack at the edges Out of the way of plow and hoof.
It is not to be alone That he has labored so. He is not aloof. He hath not airs and graces. No man is more soiled than he.
So let him be. At the end of his days He stands with weary limbs Bent by toil and wrought by strain As clouds roll into view black And swollen with a summer’s rain.