<Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Wikisource has original text related to this article: Earth's Answer </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Wikisource has original text related to this article: Earth's Answer </Td> </Tr> <P> Earth raised up her head From the darkness dread & drear, Her light fled, Stony, dread, And her locks covered with grey despair . Prisoned on watery shore, Starry jealousy does keep my den Cold and hoar; Weeping o'er, I hear the father of the ancient men . Selfish father of men! Cruel, jealous, selfish fear! Can delight, Chained in night, The virgins of youth and morning bear . Does spring hide its joy, When buds and blossoms grow? Does the sower Sow by night, Or the ploughman in darkness plough? Break this heavy chain, That does freeze my bones around! Selfish, vain, Eternal bane, That free love with bondage bound . </P> <P> In "Earth's Answer", we see that the Earth raises her head from "darkness dread and drear" (2) and that the light about her has fled (3). Her hair is described as being covered with "grey despair" (5). She states that she is imprisoned on the "cold" (8) "watery shore" (6) which is by the "selfish father of men" (11). Earth then gives a series of questions, asking if Spring is budding flowers and if the sower and plowman are working by night (16 - 20). The final stanza shows Earth asking that the chains be broken and that she be set free (21 - 25). </P>

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