Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE COMMON TASKS, by GRACE NOLL CROWELL First Line: The common tasks are beautiful if we Last Line: That at our given work we do our best. Subject(s): Labor & Laborers; Work; Workers | ||||||||
The common tasks are beautiful if we Have eyes to see their shining ministry. The plowman with his share deep in the loam; The carpenter whose skilled hands build a home; The gardener working with reluctant sod, Faithful to his partnership with God -- These are the artisans of life. And, oh, A woman with her eyes and cheeks aglow, Watching a kettle, tending a scarlet flame, Guarding a little child -- there is no name For these great ministries, and eyes are dull That do not see that they are beautiful; That do not see within the common tasks The simple answer to the thing God asks Of any child, a pride within His breast; That at our given work we do our best. | 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 BECAUSE OF THY GREAT BOUNTY by GRACE NOLL CROWELL |
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