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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
YOU ON THE TOWER, by THOMAS HARDY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: You on the tower of my factory Last Line: "he brushed you by as he flew." Subject(s): Labor & Laborers; Work; Workers | |||
"You on the tower of my factory -- What do you see up there? Do you see Enjoyment with wide wings Advancing to reach me here?" -- "Yea; I see Enjoyment with wide wings Advancing to reach you here." "Good. Soon I'll come and ask you To tell me again thereon. . . . Well, what is he doing now? Hoi, there!" -- "He still is flying on." "Ah, waiting till I have full-finished. Good. Tell me again anon. . . . Hoi, Watchman! I'm here. When comes he? Between my sweats I am chill." -- "Oh, you there, asking still? Why, surely he reached you a time back, And took you miles from your mill? He duly came in his winging, And now he has passed out of view. How can it be that you missed him? He brushed you by as he flew." | 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 AND THERE WAS A GREAT CALM' by THOMAS HARDY |
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