Drudging democracy of words, alert At beck of plow-boy, leaping to the need Where tongueless woe would cry on manly deed, Willing to delve in diamonds or dirt, Skilful to heal the blubbering urchin's hurt Or arch the truest thinker's truest creed, Bond-slave of servants, nobly hast thou freed All but thyself! For thou, dull-eyed, inert, Dost tamely wear the chains of human greed, Raze thine own building, tear what thou didst heal, And mock thy prophet song of better days. O strong words, be less willing! Pay no heed To men ignoble! Let fit dumbness seal All lips that move not to their Maker's praise! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A RED, RED ROSE by ROBERT BURNS KEEP A-PLUGGING AWAY by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR DITTY IN IMITATION OF THE SPANISH: ENTRE TANTO QUE L'AVRIL by EDWARD HERBERT THE COURTSHIP OF THE YONGHY-BONGHY-BO by EDWARD LEAR |