Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE WOMEN TOILERS, by GRACE BOWEN EVANS First Line: I saw them from our car today Last Line: As I was passing by their fields today! Subject(s): Labor & Laborers; Women - Employment; Work; Workers; Professional Women; Women In Business; Women's Careers | ||||||||
I saw them from our car today, As I was passing by The women toilers! Mexican, Negro, white, Working in the cotton fields From dawn of day till night. I wonder what the recompense Of toil like theirs Fulfillment, joy, sweet peace? Or just the dull despair Of aching weariness, That never knows surcease? I wonder, oh, I wonder how In God's great plan, I shall make restitution for The joy, the ease, the time Spent in such idle ways, When these must wilt Out in the hot sun's blaze. At night I see them When I try to pray; God help them to be kind When they shall think of me, Beloved, rested, gay As I was passing by their fields today! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...WENDELL PHILLIPS by AMOS BRONSON ALCOTT ON A DEAD CHILD by ROBERT SEYMOUR BRIDGES A BROKEN APPOINTMENT by THOMAS HARDY SUMMER. THE SECOND PASTORAL, OR ALEXIS by ALEXANDER POPE IN MEMORIAM A.H.H.: 43 by ALFRED TENNYSON |
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