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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE STEAM SHOVEL, by ALOYSIUS MICHAEL SULLIVAN Poet's Biography
First Line: Voracious monster of the road and pit
Last Line: More logic than some vague platonian law.
Alternate Author Name(s): Sullivan, A. M.
Subject(s): Progress; Steam Shovels
First Line: Voracious monster of the road and pit
Last Line: More logic than some vague platonian law.
Alternate Author Name(s): Sullivan, A. M.
Subject(s): Progress; Steam Shovels
Voracious monster of the road and pit,
You tear your way beneath the rock and sod.
Has man made you a demon or a god --
Panting and belching in a savage fit
As some strange unicorn? You strain the bit
But answer to the faintest beck and nod
Of him who holds the reins. What potent rod
Is his, that makes submission requisite?
The rugged beauty of your swaying head;
Your smoking nostril, and each gleaming tusk;
This greed of earth that fills your spacious maw --
All give to me more song than dactyls' tread,
More fragrance than the soft Arabian musk,
More logic than some vague Platonian law.
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