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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
HANDS, by THOMAS STURGE MOORE Poet's Biography
First Line: Sing, for with hands
Last Line: For jangling toys and shining things?
Alternate Author Name(s): Moore, T. Sturge
Subject(s): Hands
First Line: Sing, for with hands
Last Line: For jangling toys and shining things?
Alternate Author Name(s): Moore, T. Sturge
Subject(s): Hands
SING, for with hands,
One thumb and four fingers a-piece,
They built the temples of Egypt and Greece!
Sing, for in many lands
Are things of use and beauty seen,
That without hands had never been
Without skilled hands!
White hands, deft hands,
No lily is more lovely, no
Nor can the swan more graces show
Than lady's arm commands!
O strength as of a giant's grip!
O firmness meet to steer a ship!
O swart, male hands!
Frank hands, free hands,
When shall my little ones grow great
And clasp such huge ones for their mate?
Who thinks, who understands,
How hands of soldiers and of kings,
And all those by princesses waved,
Were once a baby's hands, and craved
For jangling toys and shining things?
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