Evening Song

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Evening Song (1918) is a free-verse poem from Anderson's Mid-American Chants, evoking the vast prairies behind Chicago and the longing of a restless spirit yearning for the open fields. "Back of Chicago the open fields—long trains go west too—in the silence."
Author Sherwood Anderson 
My song will rest while I rest. I struggle along. I'll get back to the corn and 
   the open fields. Don't fret, love, I'll come out all right.

Back of Chicago the open fields. Were you ever there—trains coming toward
   you out of the West—streaks of light on the long gray plains? Many a 
   song—aching to sing.

I've got a gray and ragged brother in my breast—that's a fact. Back of
   Chicago the open fields—long trains go west too—in the silence. Don't 
   fret, love. I'll come out all right.