Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, PROGRESS?, by LOUISE GLOVER DAVIDSON


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First Line: Beneath this pavement here, once grasses grew
Last Line: As if, in darksome fury, men blaspheme.
Subject(s): Industry


Beneath this pavement here, once grasses grew,
And pliant saplings gently whipped the breeze;
Here flowers bloomed, and vines made filigrees,
Here loamy earth was decked with glistening dew.
Where pompous buildings make an avenue
Once echoed rumbling ariettes of bees,
And mocking birds sang out their reveilles;
Here rabbits played, and wary field mice, too.

Where street cars lurch, and automobiles pass
Once was a brook, where I was wont to dream,
And while away long hours upon the grass
While thinking on some vague, ambitious scheme.
Now, here the earth is hard, and cold as glass,
As if, in darksome fury, men blaspheme.





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