Classic and Contemporary Poetry
HAVE YE NO WORK FOR A MAN TO DO, by HENRY DAVID THOREAU Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Last Line: By making it sublime? Subject(s): Hell; Labor & Laborers | ||||||||
Have ye no work for a man to do''" No earnest work that will expand the frame, And give a soundness to the muscles too? How ye do waste your time! 5 Pray make it worth the while to live, Or worth the while to die. Show us great actions piled on high, Tasking our utmost strength touching the sky, As if we lived in a mountainous country. 10 ''a''aHell were not quite so hard to bear ''aIf one were honored with its hottest place. And did ye fear ye should spoil Hell By making it sublime? | 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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