Classic and Contemporary Poetry
PUTTING THE CREAM IN THE WELL OF VERMONT, by DANIEL LEAVENS CADY Poet's Biography First Line: We all have seen a sultry spurt Last Line: We storaged down the well. Subject(s): Business; Vermont; Wells; Businessmen; Businesswomen | ||||||||
WE all have seen a sultry spurt Along in mid-July, When gallus buckles stain your shirt As black as whisker dye; When jackknives rust and sideboards "seize," And lightstand doors beswell That's when we used to put the cream 'Way down inside the well. When burdocks wilt and saltshakes balk And ink writes through your sheet; When robins pant and rabbits walk And hens lay down to eat; When grinstones crack at dead of night, And sometimes jars of jell That's when the cream pail had to go At twilight down the well. The last of all the chores and cares A "scorcher" brought about, Was running down the bulkhead stairs To fetch the cream pail out; With butter eighteen cents a pound We had no cream to sell Or use or losewe kept it sweet 'Way down inside the well. We had a butchering gambrel 'round To lay acrost the top Of Mr. Well, because we found It wouldn't roll or flop; To this we sailorized the rope, For if a thing befell That rigging, what a mess there'd be 'Way down inside the well! It made a feller stop and think To stiddy down that pail, For when the bottom struck the drink There still was time to fail; And such glub sounds come crumping up You held your breath a spell 'Twas ticklish business putting cream 'Way down our deep old well. But now the trucks come 'round and glean The cream, and sad but true, They've built a tank for gasoline Inside the well I knew; There's nothing left but these old thoughts That ring a little knell Of recollection o'er the cream We storaged down the well. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ELBEE NOVELTY COMPANY INC. by ALBERT GOLDBARTH THE WALL STREET PIT, MAY, 1901 by EDWIN MARKHAM TAKING THE SHUTTLE WITH FRANZ by ALICIA SUSKIN OSTRIKER HUDSON RIVER ANTHOLOGY by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS THE VILLAGE MUNITIONS CO., INC.; FORMERLY THE VILLAGE BLACKSMITH by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS TO THE RAILROAD MEN by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS A VERMONT 'DONATION' by DANIEL LEAVENS CADY |
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