Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE CHEERY COAL, by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS


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First Line: I like the coal
Last Line: And never, never is a pessimist!
Subject(s): Coal Mines & Miners


I like the coal,
Because, through ages long,
In loneliness of subterranean shades,
It bears in heartsome memory the song,
The joy and beauty of primeval glades.

I like the coal,
Because, though hard oppressed
With crushing strata piled upon its back,
It yields to any asking of its best,
And warms the world that put it to the
rack.

I like the coal,
Because, though little prized,
Though black -- as coal, and dirty as -- the same,
It robes in light its body so despised,
And glorifies its foulness into flame.

I like the coal,
Because, though lied about,
And overweighed, -- half shale, as I insist, --
It keeps its faith in man with courage stout,
And never, never is a Pessimist!





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