Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ELEGY WRITTEN IN A COUNTRY COAL-BIN, by CHRISTOPHER DARLINGTON MORLEY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The furnace tolls the knell of falling steam Last Line: To bring my morning coffee to a boil. Alternate Author Name(s): Hall, Galway Subject(s): Coal Mines & Miners; Furnaces; Standard Oil Company; Kilns | ||||||||
THE furnace tolls the knell of falling steam, The coal supply is virtually done, And at this price, indeed it does not seem As though we could afford another ton. Now fades the glossy, cherished anthracite; The radiators lose their temperature: How ill avail, on such a frosty night, The "short and simple flannels of the poor." Though in the icebox, fresh and newly laid, The rude forefathers of the omelet sleep, No eggs for breakfast till the bill is paid: We cannot cook again till coal is cheap. Can Morris-chair or papier-mache bust Revivify the failing pressure-gauge? Chop up the grand piano if you must, And burn the East Aurora parrot-cage! Full many a can of purest kerosene The dark unfathomed tanks of Standard Oil Shall furnish me, and with their aid I mean To bring my morning coffee to a boil. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE KILN by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN THE FURNACE DOOR by EDGAR ALBERT GUEST THE BOOK OF THE DEAD: ALLOY by MURIEL RUKEYSER THE FURNACE by CHRISTOPHER DARLINGTON MORLEY THE BLACKSMITH by WILLIAM WATSON ANIMAL CRACKERS by CHRISTOPHER DARLINGTON MORLEY IN HONOR OF TAFFY TOPAZ by CHRISTOPHER DARLINGTON MORLEY SONG FOR A LITTLE HOUSE by CHRISTOPHER DARLINGTON MORLEY THE PLUMPUPPETS by CHRISTOPHER DARLINGTON MORLEY THOUGHTS WHILE PACKING A TRUNK by CHRISTOPHER DARLINGTON MORLEY A BURNING BOSOM by CHRISTOPHER DARLINGTON MORLEY A CHARM; FOR OUR NEW FIREPLACE TO STOP ITS SMOKING by CHRISTOPHER DARLINGTON MORLEY |
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