Classic and Contemporary Poetry
HEADS, HEARTS, AND HANDS, by GEORGE W. BUNGAY First Line: Heads that think and hearts that feel Last Line: Heads poised over hearts that feel. Subject(s): Hands; Heads; Hearts | ||||||||
HEADS that think and hearts that feel, Hands that turn the busy wheel, Make our life worth living here, In this mundane hemisphere: Heads to plan what hearts shall do, Hearts to bear us bravely through -- Thinking head and toiling hand Are the masters of the land. When a thought becomes a thing, Busy hands make hammers ring Until honest work has wrought Into shape the thinker's thought; Which will aid to civilize, And make nations great and wise, Lifting to a lofty height In this age of thought and light. Miracles of science show With their light the way to go; Touch a tube of gas, and light Blossoms like the stars of night; Touch another tube, and lo! Streams of crystal waters flow; Touch a telegraphic wire, And your thought has wings of fire. Hail to honest hearts and hands, And to the head that understands; Hands that dare to truth subscribe, Hands that never touched a bribe; Hearts that hate a deed unjust, Hearts that other hearts can trust; Heads that plan for others' weal, Heads poised over hearts that feel. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...CARDIOLOGICAL by JOHN FREDERICK NIMS NOCTURNE OF REMEMBERED SPRING by CONRAD AIKEN COZY APOLOGIA; FOR FRED by RITA DOVE DOMESDAY BOOK: JANE FISHER by EDGAR LEE MASTERS |
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