Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, MILL ACCIDENT, by KATHRYN BLACKBURN PECK


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MILL ACCIDENT, by                    
First Line: Bright burns the pain against his breast and throat
Last Line: "he hears his comrades murmur, ""hell! He's done."
Subject(s): Accidents; Death; Windmills; Dead, The


Bright burns the pain against his breast and throat;
Deep, open wells of flame close out the light;
The wide, slow spirals of enclosing night
Circle and circle inward. Like a boat,
Urged by the eddies of its aimless float,
He drifts between the crimson barbs of fright,
Stabbed now with terror, now with strange delight;
Urged and repelled by one clear mystic note.
The shadow-line grows thinner . . . He can see
The glory of his comrades bending near.
He sees the boss, unhidden by his sneer.
An instant sees Perfection . . . Beauty free . . .
And then the Light! The long, long freedom won . . .
He hears his comrades murmur, "Hell! He's done."





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