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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE BRIDGE (PITTSBURGH), by BENNETT WEAVER First Line: Dull thunders troubled the great hills / and moaning lay upon the land Last Line: Gathered and sank within my blood. Subject(s): Lightning; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Rivers; Thunder; Lightning Rods | |||
Dull thunders troubled the great hills And moanings lay upon the land. Close where the Beaver outward spills I saw the cantilever stand. I saw him take ten thousand tons Of charging steel across the flood; There where the strong Ohio runs I saw him make his purpose good. The poisoned fathoms of the stream Licked at the piers and lost their prey; I saw the lightning gild the steam As the great engines fled away. Beneath a heaven whose crowding power Bellowed and struck the thickened earth, I saw this giant hour by hour Doing a mighty thing with mirth. And then I thought, What power is there To take the soul across the flood? The drifting atoms of despair Gathered and sank within my blood. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...BOLT FROM THE BLUE by GREGORY ORR THE YOUNG MYSTIC by LOUIS UNTERMEYER POSTSCRIPT; TO MAXIME KUMIN by ELEANOR WILNER THE BOOK OF THE DEAD MAN (#13): 2. MORE ABOUT THE DEAD MAN AND THUNDER by MARVIN BELL EPITAPH by MARY WORTLEY MONTAGU THE IMPROVISATORE: ALBERT AND EMILY by THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES LIGHTNING by WILLIAM ROSE BENET SHEET LIGHTNING by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN |
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