Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE CLICK OF THE WIELDED PICK, by CHARLES LOUIS HENRY WAGNER First Line: Oh, I like to list to the wielded pick Last Line: And sweet is its metal tone. Subject(s): Axes; Knives; Labor & Laborers; Hatchets; Daggers; Work; Workers | ||||||||
Oh, I like to list to the wielded pick As it strikes against the stone, For the rhythm of song is in every click And sweet is its metal tone, And sweet is its metal tone. Oh, it sings a song of labor and toil, Of sinew and sturdy brawn, Of the human ants who struggle and moil Like slaves from the early dawn, Like slaves from the early dawn. Oh, it tells of things that are soon to be, Of conflicts great and small, Oh it tells of life and its dignity And the future for us all, And the future for us all. Oh, it's two sharp tines rend the earth in twain, And they point the way to gold, Were everything lost then the pick again Would restore a hundred fold, Would restore a hundred fold. Oh, I like to list to the wielded pick As it strikes against the stone, For the rhythm of song is in every click And sweet is its metal tone, And sweet is its metal tone. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AFTER WORKING SIXTY HOURS AGAIN FOR WHAT REASON by HICOK. BOB DAY JOB AND NIGHT JOB by ANDREW HUDGINS BIXBY'S LANDING by ROBINSON JEFFERS ON BUILDING WITH STONE by ROBINSON JEFFERS LINES FROM A PLUTOCRATIC POETASTER TO A DITCH-DIGGER by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS IN CALIFORNIA: MORNING, EVENING, LATE JANUARY by DENISE LEVERTOV A DROP OF INK by CHARLES LOUIS HENRY WAGNER |
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