Two Sonnets 2
A house, a silo, and a big red barn
Endure the weathers of uncertainty :
A house sitting beneath a lacy tree
Peering into distance, quiet and worn;
A silo glutted on the sweet green corn,
Rolling with wealth in autumn’s luxury ;
And a barn, most imposing of the three—
A house, a silo, and a big red barn.
And everywhere around him he can see
This commonplace evoking praise or scorn,
An emblem plainer than the fleur-de-lis
Or the British lion and the unicorn.
Perhaps it means a kind of trinity—
A house, a silo, and a big red barn.