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Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Searching... Subject: MINES & MINERS Matches Found: 65 UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` 49', by CINCINNATUS HEINE MILLER Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: We have worked our claims Last Line: We shall strike it up in the stars Alternate Author Name(s): Miller, Joaquin Subject(s): Gold Mines & Miners A BUSH LEGEND, by MARIE E. J. PITT Poem Text First Line: Back in the heart of the gippsland hills Last Line: Listens and makes no sign. Subject(s): Death; Gold Mines & Miners; Legends; Dead, The A BUSH SECRET, by BERNARD MCELHILL Poem Text First Line: The sun had set, and weary walked Last Line: A secret of the bush. Subject(s): Deception; Gold Mines & Miners A COAL FIRE IN WINTER, by THOMAS MCGRATH Poem Full Text Poet's Biography First Line: Something old and tyrannical burning there Subject(s): Coal Mines & Miners; Fire; Men A DESCRIPTIVE POEM, ADDRESSED TO TWO LADIES, SELECTION, by JOHN DALTON Poem Text Poem Explanation First Line: Agape the sooty collier stands Last Line: Creative commerce, these are thine! Subject(s): Caves; Coal Mines & Miners; Earth; Rivers; Stones; Caverns; World; Granite; Rocks A MAN PROSPECTING, by J. E. LIDDLE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: A man prospecting for the gold Last Line: He weakened, raved, and soon he died. Alternate Author Name(s): Kodak; Liddle, John Edward Subject(s): Aborigines, Australian; Death; Deserts; Food & Eating; Gold Mines & Miners; Insanity; Pain; Dead, The; Madness; Mental Illness; Suffering; Misery A MEDITATION ON RHODE ISLAND COAL, by WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I sat beside the glowing grate, fresh heaped Last Line: And melt the icicles from off his chin. Subject(s): Coal Mines & Miners; Rhode Island A WILD GOOSE CHASE IN THE WHIPSTICK SCRUB, by H. HEAD Poem Text First Line: Old jack gave us a wild goose chase Last Line: That ever formed a team. Subject(s): Fools; Gold; Gold Mines & Miners; Hunting; Idiots; Hunters A YARN OF LAMBING FLAT, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: Call that a yarn!' said old tom pugh Last Line: His fix on lambing flat.' Subject(s): Gold Mines & Miners;practical Jokes;story-telling; Pranks BANKING COAL, by JEAN TOOMER Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Whoever it was who brought the first wood and coal Last Line: All money ever saved by banking coal. Subject(s): Coal Mines & Miners BARNSLEY COLLIERY EXPLOSION, by JANET HAMILTON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Far, far below - oh! Far below Last Line: Avert the dangers of the mine. Alternate Author Name(s): Hamilton, Janet Thompson Subject(s): Coal Mines & Miners; Death; Tragedy; Dead, The BILL AND THE SUPE (A MINING CAMP BALLAD), by BERTON BRALEY Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Now listen to me, while I tells to you Last Line: You've heard as much as I heard, that's all! Subject(s): Labor & Laborers; Mines & Miners; Work; Workers BILL BROWN, by E. S. SORENSON Poem Text First Line: I met bill brown on the prospect track Last Line: Astride of a camel cow. Subject(s): Gold Mines & Miners; Marriage; Weddings; Husbands; Wives BILL JINKS, by MARCUS ANDREW HISLOP CLARKE Poem Text First Line: Bill jinks was a miner on ballarat Last Line: Sits the soul of william jinks. Alternate Author Name(s): Chandler, A. T. Subject(s): Fire; Heroism; Mines & Miners; Heroes; Heroines BOB HOLLY, by J. E. LIDDLE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Two men a 'pipe' had in a 'show' Last Line: And none have seen him from that date. Alternate Author Name(s): Kodak; Liddle, John Edward Subject(s): Crime & Criminals; Exiles; Gold; Gold Mines & Miners; Punishment CALIBAN IN THE COAL MINES, by LOUIS UNTERMEYER Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: God, we don't like to complain Last Line: Fling us a handful of stars! Alternate Author Name(s): Lewis, Michael Subject(s): Mines & Miners; Religion; Social Protest; Theology CATCHING THE COACH, by ALFRED T. CHANDLER Poem Text First Line: At kangaroo gully in 'fifty-two Last Line: "to post this here letter for nell by the mail." Alternate Author Name(s): Chandler, A. T. Subject(s): Crime & Criminals; Gold; Gold Mines & Miners; Hunting; Hunters CHILDHOOD, by MARGARET ABIGAIL WALKER Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: When I was a child I knew red miners Alternate Author Name(s): Walker, Margaret+(1) Subject(s): African Americans - Children; Mines & Miners; Southern States; South (u.s.) COAL, by JOHN GOULD FLETCHER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: A valley, narrow as the pit Last Line: Coal. Subject(s): Coal Mines & Miners; Labor & Laborers; London; Work; Workers ELEGY WRITTEN IN A COUNTRY COAL-BIN, by CHRISTOPHER DARLINGTON MORLEY Poem Text 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 EUREKA, by ARTHUR TRUMAN MERRILL Poem Text First Line: O hunters for gold Last Line: "may read ""eureka!" Subject(s): Gold Mines & Miners; Sympathy; Empathy EXTRAORDINARY RENDITION, by PAUL MULDOON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I gave you back my claim on the mining town Subject(s): Relationships; Mines & Miners FORGOTTEN OF THE FOOT, by ANNE STEVENSON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Equisetum, horsetail, railway weed Subject(s): Coal Mines & Miners GO EASY, by BERTON BRALEY Poem Full Text Poet's Biography First Line: Fireman, spare that coal Subject(s): Coal Mines & Miners; Conservation GOLD!, by PATRICK REGINALD CHALMERS Poem Text First Line: Gold! 'mid the north's magnetic hush Last Line: A finer ore than e'er was minted! Subject(s): Gold Mines & Miners HARRY DALE AND OLAF CUBB, by J. E. LIDDLE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Two men I knew met in a pub Last Line: And out of it by coach that night. Alternate Author Name(s): Kodak; Liddle, John Edward Subject(s): Betrayal; Crime & Criminals; Escapes; Gold; Gold Mines & Miners; Fugitives HOPE DIAMONDS, by MADELINE DEFREES Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: One hundred fifty miles down, these uncut Last Line: Wage. The burning faces near as the constant desert. Alternate Author Name(s): Mary Gilbert, Sister; De Frees, Madeline Subject(s): Diamonds; Mines & Miners IN THE DEAD-LETTER OFFICE, by R. STEWART Poem Text First Line: Come, rip the mail-bags open, chaps, and sort the stuff away Last Line: "you'll maybe murmur with a sigh, ""the perth dead mail is in." Subject(s): Death; Gold Mines & Miners; Postal Service; Dead, The; Postmen; Post Office; Mail; Mailmen INDEPENDENCE MINE, by LAURIE A. EVANS Poem Text First Line: By what light do we call a day Alternate Author Name(s): Evans-dinneen, Laurie A. Subject(s): Gold; Mines & Miners MILTON BY FIRELIGHT, by GARY SNYDER Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Oh hell, what do mine eyes with grief behold' Subject(s): Environment; Milton, John (1608-1674); Mines & Miners; Sierra Nevada Mountains; Environmental Protection; Ecology; Conservation MINERS' WIVES, by EDWARD RALPH CHEYNEY Poem Text First Line: Miners' wives are always waiting, dreading Last Line: But all are listening, waiting. Alternate Author Name(s): Cheyney, Ralph Subject(s): Mines & Miners MINING CAMP RESIDENTS, WEST VIRGINIA, 1935, by MAGGIE ANDERSON Poem Full Text Poet's Biography First Line: They had to seize something in the face of the camera Variant Title(s): Walker Evans: Mining Camp Residents, West Virginia Subject(s): Evans, Walker (1903-1975); Industry; Labor & Laborers; Mines & Miners; Work; Workers MOTHER WEPT, by JOSEPH SKIPSEY Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Mother wept, and father sighed Last Line: Mother turned and wept. Subject(s): Mines & Miners; Mothers MY LAWRENCE, by STANLEY PLUMLY Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The future, rain in every syllable and cell Last Line: It was raining and no one knew who lawrence was Subject(s): Fathers; Family Life; Coal Mines & Miners; Lawrence, David Herbert (1885-1930) NEWS FROM NEWCASTLE; UPON THE COAL-PITS ABOUT NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, by JOHN CLEVELAND Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: England's a perfect world, has indies too Last Line: And gives her a black bag for a green gown. Subject(s): Coal Mines & Miners; Newcastle-upon-tyne, England OF MUSIC, by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The miner delves in caverns of the earth Last Line: Life thrills, grows luminous-large, smells sweet with balm and myrrh. Subject(s): Caves; Earth; Life; Mines & Miners; Music & Musicians; Sailing & Sailors; Sleep; Caverns; World; Seamen; Sails OLD FOSSICKER JACK, by J. M. MARSHE Poem Text First Line: Tis a desolate picture, whose colour is dead Last Line: Came here, and has left but—old fossicker jack. Alternate Author Name(s): M., J. Subject(s): Gold Mines & Miners; Memory; Nostalgia OSTRAVA, by PETR BEZRUC Poem Text First Line: A hundred years mutely I dwelt in the pit Last Line: A day when we'll take what we owe. Subject(s): Coal Mines & Miners RAMON, by FRANCIS BRET HARTE Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Drunk and senseless in his place Last Line: Dead as stone! Alternate Author Name(s): Harte, Bret Subject(s): Mexico; Mines & Miners; Tragedy; United States; America SAYINGS OF HENRY STEPHENS, by CARL SANDBURG Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: If you get enough money Subject(s): African Americans; Racism; Farm Life; Coal Mines & Miners; Springfield, Illinois'; Strikes; Negroes; American Blacks; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry; Agriculture; Farmers; Labor Disputes; Lockouts SCENE IN A DALECARLIAN MINE, by FELICIA DOROTHEA HEMANS Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Haste, with your torches, haste! Last Line: Once more to look on that dead face and die! Alternate Author Name(s): Browne, Felicia Dorothea Subject(s): Mines & Miners SEVEN HONEST MEN, by MARTIN BENSON Poem Text First Line: Their faith in one another it was wonderfully great Last Line: They panned-off half a pennyweight, those seven honest men. Alternate Author Name(s): Sun, Ben Subject(s): Deception; Gold Mines & Miners; Punishment THE ADAMS RIVER BUSH, by M. J. O'REILLY Poem Text First Line: We left good old coolgardie Last Line: With the adams river rush. Alternate Author Name(s): Mick, Mulga Subject(s): Gold; Gold Mines & Miners; Travel; Journeys; Trips THE CHEERY COAL, by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I like the coal Last Line: And never, never is a pessimist! Subject(s): Coal Mines & Miners THE COAL BREAKER (PENNSYLVANIA), by ARTHUR W. UPSON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: This is the house where, up from ages gone Last Line: In the bright waving hearth-fire calm and deep. Subject(s): Coal Mines & Miners THE COAL YARD, by LOUIS GINSBERG Poem Text First Line: The night was hushed and the street was dark Last Line: Huddled and crowded into pieces of coal! Subject(s): Coal Mines & Miners THE COLLIER, by VERNON WATKINS Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: When I was born on amman hill Subject(s): Mines & Miners THE CRY OF THE CHILDREN, by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Do ye hear the children weeping, o my brothers Last Line: Than the strong man in his wrath.' Variant Title(s): The Bitter Cry Of The Children Subject(s): Child Labor; Coal Mines & Miners; Freedom; Social Protest; Liberty THE DAYS OF '84, by RANDOLPH BEDFORD Poem Text First Line: Let's go back on to the roper, where they say they've struck the stuff Last Line: We were men, and we dealt straight with all in the days of '84. Subject(s): Gold Mines & Miners; Nostalgia THE EXPLOSION, by PHILIP LARKIN Poem Full Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: On the day of the explosion Subject(s): Disasters; Mines & Miners THE EYE IN THE ROCK, by JOHN HAINES Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: A high rock face above flathead lake Last Line: Painted this eye that the rock might see. Subject(s): Admiration; Mines & Miners; Mountains; Stones; Hills; Downs (great Britain); Granite; Rocks THE HARTLEY COLLIERY CATASTROPHE, by JANET HAMILTON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Dark gulf of death! Black cavern of despair! Last Line: The widows' judge is he in holiness. Alternate Author Name(s): Hamilton, Janet Thompson Subject(s): Coal Mines & Miners; Death; Tragedy; Dead, The THE MINER, by MAXWELL BODENHEIM Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Those on the top say they know you, earth - they are liars Subject(s): Mines & Miners THE MINER, by JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Down mid the tangled roots of things Last Line: To be twice present in my hope! Subject(s): Mines & Miners THE MINES OF AVONDALE, by ALICE CARY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Old death proclaims a holocaust Last Line: For the brave two hundred men. Subject(s): Mines & Miners THE NEW ARGONAUTS, by WILLIAM ALLEN BUTLER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Today the good ship sails! Last Line: O cursed love of gold! Subject(s): Fortune; Gold Mines & Miners; Greed; Sailing & Sailors; Avarice; Cupidity; Seamen; Sails THE NOBLER ARMY, by BERTON BRALEY Poem Full Text Poet's Biography First Line: The men who fight in europe - they fight to maim and kill Subject(s): Coal Mines & Miners; World War I; First World War THE PETRIFIED WOMAN, by MINNIE BRUCE PRATT Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: As she turns the corner, daylight begins to fail Last Line: Inside out, potosi become huakajchi, the mountain that cried Subject(s): Coal Mines & Miners; Women; Strikes THE RESCUE, by EDWARD DYSON Poem Text First Line: There's a sudden, fierce clang of the knocker, then the sound of a voice in the Last Line: Fast. Alternate Author Name(s): Dyson, E. Subject(s): Gold Mines & Miners; Mothers & Sons THE SACRAL DREAMS OF RAMON FERNANDEZ, by JAMES GALVIN Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Ramon fernandez did not live Last Line: He said, god has brought me here Subject(s): Coal Mines & Miners TO SEE THE STARS IN DAYLIGHT, by JAMES GALVIN Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: You have to go down / in a deep mine-shaft or a well Subject(s): Mines & Miners; Stars VERSES UNDER A PORTRAIT OF THOMAS BRITTON, A COAL MERCHANT, by MATTHEW PRIOR Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Though doomed to small-coal, yet to arts applied Last Line: Had kneller painted, and had vertue graved. Variant Title(s): Lines Subject(s): Britton, Thomas (1644-1714); Coal Mines & Miners; Kneller, Sir Godfrey (1649-1723); Music & Musicians; Vertue, George (1684-1756); Kniller, Gottfried VISTAS OF LABOR: 2. THE MINER, by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Up creaks the car; he leaves his ghastly dream Last Line: And once again life is a nightmare dream. Subject(s): Dreams; Fear; God; Life; Love; Mines & Miners; Nightmares WATER TABLE, by JAMES GALVIN Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: How shy the attraction / of simple rain to the east wind Last Line: To write his name Subject(s): Autumn; Brooks; Mines & Miners; Mountains; Nature; Seasons; September; Water; Fall; Streams; Creeks; Hills; Downs (great Britain) WILLY TO JINNY, by JOSEPH SKIPSEY Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Duskier than the clouds that lie Last Line: Coming from the colliree. Subject(s): Coal Mines & Miners |
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