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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SUCH STUFF AS DREAMS ARE MADE ON, by BERTON BRALEY Poet's Biography First Line: He does his job without a single thrill Last Line: The drudge without whom all our dreams are dust! Subject(s): Dreams; Nightmares | |||
He does his job without a single thrill Or any vision of the end in view. He toils because his needs compel him to And there is rent to pay and mouths to fill. He gains, in time, a sluggish sort of skill To save his strength, that, when the day is through He may be human for awhile, and do Within his limitations, what he will. He does not know, nor, knowing, would he care That he is vital to all splendid schemes Of grace and beauty. He would dumbly stare If you should tell him he was building dreams In steel and stone. He works because he must; The Drudge without whom all our dreams are dust! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...VARIATIONS: 14 by CONRAD AIKEN VARIATIONS: 18 by CONRAD AIKEN LIVE IT THROUGH by DAVID IGNATOW A DREAM OF GAMES by JOSEPHINE JACOBSEN THE DREAM OF WAKING by RANDALL JARRELL APOLOGY FOR BAD DREAMS by ROBINSON JEFFERS GIVE YOUR WISH LIGHT by ROBINSON JEFFERS |
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