Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MILL-DOORS, by CARL SANDBURG Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: You never come back Last Line: You never come back. | ||||||||
You never come back. I say good-by when I see you going in the doors, The hopeless open doors that call and wait And take you then for-how many cents a day? How many cents for the sleepy eyes and fingers? I say good-by because I know they tap your wrists, In the dark, in the silence, day by day, And all the blood of you drop by drop, And you are old before you are young. You never come back. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A MILLION YOUNG WORKMEN, 1915 by CARL SANDBURG ACCOMPLISHED FACTS by CARL SANDBURG ADELAIDE CRAPSEY by CARL SANDBURG |
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