Classic and Contemporary Poetry
OUR OLD VERMONT LUMBER WAGON, by DANIEL LEAVENS CADY Poet's Biography First Line: A thing that often 'pears to me Last Line: Our old blue lumber wagon. Subject(s): Farm Life; Labor & Laborers; Lumber & Lumbering; Vermont; Wagons; Agriculture; Farmers; Work; Workers; Woodsmen | ||||||||
A THING that often 'pears to me At night, and which I'd like to see Jest as, By George! it used to be, Is our old lumber wagon. The wheels was made by wheelwright Rice, Whose wheelwright work was extry nice; He also spliced the crossbar twice Of that same lumber wagon. We made the body part ourselves, From boards that once was buttery shelves, White pinethe pride of woodland elves A classy lumber wagon. 'Twas ironed up by blacksmith Drew, Whose eye and iron both was true, And I was 'lowed to paint it blue Our old blue lumber wagon. It had no strange "fifth wheel" to vex Our eyes, and make us stretch our necks, The kingbolt went right through the ex Of our old lumber wagon. It had no tailboard, rigged to swing, No seat on which to smoke and sing, No brake, no shoe, no anything 'Twas jest a lumber wagon. But when 'twas loaded up with muck, My! how them grease-fed wheels would chuck; It "talked" like Jim Kiniry's truck Our one-horse lumber wagon. Oh! if my feelings might prevail 'Twould stand inside my office rail, And never be for rent or sale Our old blue lumber wagon. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...VELLEN THE TREE by WILLIAM BARNES GETTING UP THE WINTER WOOD IN VERMONT by DANIEL LEAVENS CADY FORESTER by RALPH WALDO EMERSON THE POEMS OF COLD MOUNTAIN: 17 by HAN SHAN TIMBER by MURIEL THURSTON LANCE TAKING TO THE WOODS by HENRY SPLAWN TAYLOR A VERMONT 'DONATION' by DANIEL LEAVENS CADY A VERMONT AUCTIONEER by DANIEL LEAVENS CADY |
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