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DECEMBER 31ST by LASCELLES ABERCROMBIE

Poet Analysis

First Line: WHAT IS THE HAMMERING THERE
Last Line: CRUELTY, HARLOTRY.
Subject(s): HOLIDAYS; NEW YEAR;
WHAT is the hammering there,
That devil swinking in Hell
O, he forges a cunning New Year,
God knows he does it well.

Mill and harrow and rake,
A restless enginery
Of men and women to make
Cruelty, Harlotry.



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