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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TOWARDS DEMOCRACY: PART 3. THE STONE-CUTTER, by EDWARD CARPENTER Poet's Biography First Line: And men to-day - are they not always running about to do something Last Line: Emerge time after time from the heart of the people. Subject(s): Carpenters; Labor & Laborers; Stone-cutting; Work; Workers | |||
"AND men to-day—are they not always running about to do something? But He says: I have finished the work that Thou gavest me to do." Thus to me the stone-cutter, with chisel and mallet in hand all the while dishing out a sump-cover, Standing out there in the Sun, in the light July breeze so cool, Spoke the words of Christ—the old indestructible words—which all down the ages, Whether in the mouth of stone-cutter or carpenter, Emerge time after time from the heart of the people. | 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 AS A MOULD FOR SOME FAIR FORM by EDWARD CARPENTER |
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