Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE BUILDER, by ISABELLE LOAR First Line: To build with stone: to fashion here Last Line: A splendid, shining tower! Subject(s): Teaching & Teachers; Western Illinois University; Educators; Professors | ||||||||
(To Dr. Walter Morgan, of Western Illinois State Teachers' College, Macomb, Illinois) To build with stone: to fashion here A home for love -- and there A sanctuary for a soul Who, grateful, stops in prayer -- Is noble artistry indeed For him whose work may be Unknown, unclaimed -- but still a kind Of immortality. To build with words -- to sense their strength, Select and match the grain Of each hand-fretted phrase -- is joy Those artisans attain Whose tools are wit, and work, and love For that which they have wrought: A slender edifice of words -- Cathedral for a thought! To build with men! Such craftsmanship Outweights all other skills, For such a one builds destiny: From him, if so he wills, Come bulwarks of enduring truth, And strength, and unsensed power For those from whom he slowly builds A splendid, shining tower! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE CORRESPONDENCE-SCHOOL INSTRUCTOR SAYS GOODBYE TO HIS POETRY STUDENTS by GALWAY KINNELL GRATITUDE TO OLD TEACHERS by ROBERT BLY TWO RAMAGES FOR OLD MASTERS by ROBERT BLY ON FLUNKING A NICE BOY OUT OF SCHOOL by JOHN CIARDI HER MONOLOGUE OF DARK CREPE WITH EDGES OF LIGHT by NORMAN DUBIE OF POLITICS, & ART by NORMAN DUBIE SEVERAL MEASURES FOR THE LITTLE LOST by NORMAN DUBIE |
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