Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, SONG OF THE SAW, by GEORGE SCOTT GLEASON


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SONG OF THE SAW, by                    
First Line: Sag and lift
Last Line: Of the saw-mill.
Subject(s): Saws


Sag and lift
The cedar butt,
Roll the oak
And butternut.

Mark the edge
With finest line.
Strip the white,
The yellow pine.

Grip the helve,
Sharpen the steel --
Bark of spruce
And hemlock peel.

Rip-saw, rip,
Prying with groan.
Lift saw, lift,
Whetted with stone.

This is the arm
Forged with thunder,
Piling, sawing,
Sawing lumber.

This is the iron
Branding the will,
This is the song
Of the saw-mill.





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