Classic and Contemporary Poetry
VISTAS OF LABOR: 1. THE STEAMSHIP STOKER, by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON Poet's Biography First Line: Sweat-drenched, and blinded by the heat, he reels Last Line: The seeming dead grow light and labor-strong! Subject(s): Eyes; Heaven; Labor & Laborers; Soul; Paradise; Work; Workers | ||||||||
SWEAT-DRENCHED, and blinded by the heat, he reels Back from the furnace, crawls on deck to win A cooling breath or two, ere plunging down Into his torture-house of Steam. In truth, He earns his heaven, for, fierce hour by hour, He knows the bitterness and bite of hell. What more could heaven do for any soul Than fan a burning brow with airs as bland As those of Arcady, and soothe the eyes With touch of winsome waters, at whose call The seeming dead grow light and labor-strong! | 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 BLACK SHEEP by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON |
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