Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE VILLAGE MUNITIONS CO., INC.; FORMERLY THE VILLAGE BLACKSMITH, by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Under spreading chestnut tree Last Line: Has earned two thou. Per cent. Alternate Author Name(s): F. P. A. Subject(s): Business; Factories; Labor & Laborers; Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth (1807-1882); Money; Wealth; Businessmen; Businesswomen; Work; Workers; Riches; Fortunes | ||||||||
UNDER a spreading chestnut tree The smithy used to stand; The smith, a prosperous man is he As any in the land; For many a shell in a foreign trench Now bears the smithy's brand. His clothes are new, and fashioned well; His foods are rich and rare; His hands are nicely manicured, And freshly trimmed his hair. And he slaps the whole world in the face, For he is a millionaire. Week in, week out, from morn till night, And eke from night till day, You can see his factory fires aglow (Three shifts at double pay). None makes more profit than the smith In all these U. S. A. And people coming home from work Look in at the open door, And say, what time they see the fires, And hear the bellows roar: "I wish I'd bought some Blacksmith Common When it was 24." Toilingrejoicingprofiting With pleasure evident, Each morning sees some shells begun For some belligerent. Something attemptedsome one done, Has earned two thou. per cent. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ALL LIFE IN A LIFE by EDGAR LEE MASTERS FOUR POEMS ABOUT JAMAICA: 3. A HAIRPIN TURN ABOVE READING, JAMAICA by WILLIAM MATTHEWS IMAGINE YOURSELF by EVE MERRIAM THE PROPHET by LUCILLE CLIFTON I AM FIFTY-TWO YEARS OLD' by KENNETH REXROTH LAST VISIT TO THE SWIMMING POOL SOVIETS by KENNETH REXROTH PORTRAIT OF THE AUTHOR AS A YOUNG ANARCHIST by KENNETH REXROTH LINES FROM A PLUTOCRATIC POETASTER TO A DITCH-DIGGER by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS |
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