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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DIGGING FOUNDATIONS AT NIGHT; CORTLAND STREET, by HARVEY MAITLAND WATTS
First Line: Here, where the forges sound their giant scale
Last Line: Some new aladdin's dream, scraping the very skies.
Subject(s): New York City - Buildings
First Line: Here, where the forges sound their giant scale
Last Line: Some new aladdin's dream, scraping the very skies.
Subject(s): New York City - Buildings
Here, where the forges sound their giant scale
Of thud and groan, and braziers belch their smoke;
In depths, unseen backs bent, nor fear, nor quail
The myriads toil; bearing in cheer the yoke,
Knowing full well that soon, aloft, will rise
Some new Aladdin's dream, scraping the very skies.
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