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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DECEMBER 31ST, by LASCELLES ABERCROMBIE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: What is the hammering there
Last Line: Cruelty, harlotry.
Subject(s): Holidays; New Year
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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