Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, SKYSCRAPERS, by MARGARET WITTER FULLER


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SKYSCRAPERS, by                    
First Line: Is steel no more than steel? - stone more than stone?
Last Line: As sons at home among the sons of god.
Subject(s): Skyscrapers


Is steel no more than steel? -- stone more than stone?
Stand in the canyon of the street and raise
Your eyes above the plane of clouds that blaze,
That blow, and darken, and are left alone,
Are left like nightdamp on the meadow -- prone.
Cement and steel climb rung by rung the haze,
They set against the stars their starry gaze,
They take their place as kin among their own.

Man breathes what soul he may into a clod,
He makes of stone a body and a crown;
He, too, dust of the dust, not all divine,
Breaks for his works the bread and pours the wine;
His works in every person are set down,
As sons at home among the sons of God.





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