Arts & Sciences
The Craftsmen
From Poems 1908-1919
Arts & Sciences
Confederate hand and eye
Work to the chisel’s blade,
Setting the grain aglow
Of porch and sturdy beam--
So the strange gods may ply
Strict arms till we are made
Quick as the gods who know
What builds behind this dream.
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Drinkwater, John. “The Craftsmen.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/drinkwater/22/.
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Drinkwater, John. “The Craftsmen.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/drinkwater/22/.
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