Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LINES TO A PUMPING ENGINE FOR A RELIGIOUS HOUSE: 2. NEW STYLE, by FLORENCE CONVERSE First Line: The little grassy hollow is sunny Last Line: So-called. Subject(s): Religion; Water Supply; Wellesley College; Theology; Dams; Reservoirs; Water Mains | ||||||||
THE little grassy hollow is sunny. The grass is wet and oozy and bright green. Do not forget your rubbers. There is a spring in the sunny hollow; And there are mosquitoes. The Community Has built a little cabin Over the spring in the hollow. The pumping engine Lives in the little cabin. It looks easy, But it takes a man to run it. The motive power is gasoline And possibly God -- So-called. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...WATER TOWER AT WALDO by DAISY MARITA BISHOP LINES TO A PUMPING ENGINE FOR A RELIGIOUS HOUSE: 1. OLD STYLE by FLORENCE CONVERSE THE FOUNTAINS OF ASHOKAN by ROBERT UNDERWOOD JOHNSON THE BALLAD OF THE LONG DAM by PATRICK MACGILL LINES TO A PUMPING ENGINE FOR A RELIGIOUS HOUSE: 1. OLD STYLE by FLORENCE CONVERSE THE HAPPY SWAN by FLORENCE CONVERSE THE WIND by ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON |
|