Updated September 23, 2019 | Infoplease Staff "Like Barley Bending"Like barley bending In low fields by the sea, Singing in hard wind Ceaselessly;Like barley bending And rising again, So would I, unbroken, Rise from pain;So would I softly, Day long, night long, Change my sorrow Into song. Sara Teasdale: June Night Sara Teasdale: Flame and Shadow, By the Sea Sara Teasdale: "Oh Day of Fire and Sun" .com/t/poetry/flame-shadow/like-barley-bending.html Sources Our Common Sources