This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1896 Excerpt: ...mixes with his pleasures slow death's-bane, She swathes him as a silk-worm in a net Of slight but certain meshes, pampers him And fats him as a swine unto his death Till he becomes so sensual and gross That cleanly dust may not endure the shame Of his unmanly spirit; so he dies. But he who with glad hands and lively ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1896 Excerpt: ...mixes with his pleasures slow death's-bane, She swathes him as a silk-worm in a net Of slight but certain meshes, pampers him And fats him as a swine unto his death Till he becomes so sensual and gross That cleanly dust may not endure the shame Of his unmanly spirit; so he dies. But he who with glad hands and lively mind Strives to comand, finds final victory; And, as a weaver at the loom, he sits And throws the shuttle with no timid cast, Weaving the elements into himself. WHY DON'T THEY TRADE? A wise man from another world than this, Where wealth production better ordered is, Where problems long ago adjusted were Which still perplex us on this mundame sphere, Where things with us at issue harmonize Into self-acting law, Looked down on earth with sympathizing eyes; And this is what he saw: Farmers he saw with granaries o'erflowing; Unnumbered herds upon their fields were lowing; Their sheep were heavy with warmth-giving fleece; Their barn-yards swarmed with chickens, turkeys, geese. And yet to purchase bare necessities They did not have the power; Starving and shivering about their knees Did their lean children cower. He saw the miners moiling in the earth; Of coals and minerals there was no dearth, For there was gold so precious in men's eyes And iron worth far more than its red lies; And there were diamonds and black diamonds which Are Nature's stored sun-heat. Still, though the earth they delved in was so rich, They nothing had to eat. He saw artificers forge out for man Tools for his comfort, tools by which he can Make other tools more useful to him; and The power to serve was in his trained right hand. Books, shelter, raiment, means of culture they Could by their skill supply; And yet for want of what men might purvey--Of food and fire--they die. The ...
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Add this copy of Poems of the New Time; to cart. $42.88, new condition, Sold by Revaluation Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Exeter, DEVON, UNITED KINGDOM, published 2009 by BiblioBazaar.
Add this copy of Poems of the New Time; to cart. $42.88, new condition, Sold by Revaluation Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Exeter, DEVON, UNITED KINGDOM, published 2009 by BiblioBazaar.
