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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
EVOCATION, by LIONEL STEVENSON
First Line: Crouching beneath the rain
Last Line: Flings dancing sparks of fire.
Subject(s): Labor & Laborers; Old Age; Work; Workers
First Line: Crouching beneath the rain
Last Line: Flings dancing sparks of fire.
Subject(s): Labor & Laborers; Old Age; Work; Workers
Crouching beneath the rain
And bent with Age's load,
An old man delves a drain
Across the sodden road.
A rusty pick he wields
With feeble impact slow;
The muddy gravel yields
Before each painful blow.
The strokes beat dull and thick
Upon the dreary mire,
And yet ... the labored pick
Flings dancing sparks of fire.
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