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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE BUILDING OF A SKYSCRAPER, by OTTO FREUND
First Line: The hollow screech of riveters is heard
Last Line: In far blue realms of loveliness and rest.
Subject(s): Skyscrapers
First Line: The hollow screech of riveters is heard
Last Line: In far blue realms of loveliness and rest.
Subject(s): Skyscrapers
The hollow screech of riveters is heard
All afternoon above the sullen roar
Of city streets, where derricks dip and soar
High in the blazing blue, by far winds stirred.
Swiftly the bleak walls climb, and swift they gird
The crowded way with shadow; soon once more
A dream will leap up from the city's floor
And sing to heaven, a new and shining word.
What if these gleaming pinnacles are flung
On high by pagan hands? They point the way
The faithful heart must follow on its quest;
These throbbing, steel-wrought symphonies are sung
To weave a theme of everlasting day
In far blue realms of loveliness and rest.
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