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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A GOLDEN LOT, by JOSEPH SKIPSEY Poet's Biography First Line: In the coal-pit, or the factory Last Line: And a golden lot is mine. Subject(s): Labor & Laborers; Mines And Miners; Work; Workers | |||
In the coal-pit, or the factory, I toil by night or day, And still to the music of labour I lilt my heart-felt lay; I lilt my heart-felt lay -- And the gloom of the deep, deep mine, Or the din of the factory dieth away, And a Golden Lot is mine. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AFTER WORKING SIXTY HOURS AGAIN FOR WHAT REASON by HICOK. BOB DAY JOB AND NIGHT JOB by ANDREW HUDGINS BIXBY'S LANDING by ROBINSON JEFFERS ON BUILDING WITH STONE by ROBINSON JEFFERS LINES FROM A PLUTOCRATIC POETASTER TO A DITCH-DIGGER by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS IN CALIFORNIA: MORNING, EVENING, LATE JANUARY by DENISE LEVERTOV |
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