Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE LIBERTY MOTOR, by HENRY W. KING


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THE LIBERTY MOTOR, by                    
First Line: Silent, she rests before the sweeping wing
Last Line: He knows she was half born of women's tears.
Subject(s): Freedom; Liberty


Silent, she rests before the sweeping wing
Bound fast to tautened wires and straining spars,
Which she will swing aloft till heaven bars
Her progress. She a steel and iron Thing?
Ah, no -- ye never heard the goddess sing
As she whirled headlong towards the dizzy stars,
Chanting her love-song for the god of wars;
Fierce love of him when all her metals ring.

Her very heart is made of steel and fire.
Her panting breaths are drawn with countless gears.
No less the burden of her fierce desire
Makes swelling music in a freeman's ears.
For, though the scientist has been her sire,
He knows she was half born of women's tears.





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