Our motors pierce the clouds. They penetrate The depth of oceans. Microscopes reveal New worlds to conquer, while we dedicate Our intellects to strength of stone and steel. We are as proud as those who built a tower To reach to heaven. Recklessly we rear Our lofty Babels, arrogant with power.How dare we boast of cities while we hear The nations groping through the dark along The road of life? What right have we for pride Till Truth is steel, and Faith is iron-strong, Till God and man are working side by side? Then let our prayers and labors never cease; We act the prologue of a masterpiece. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...WRITTEN ON A GLOOMY DAY, IN SICKNESS. THACKWOOD, 4TH JUNE, 1786 by SUSANNA BLAMIRE THE RAKE'S PROGRESS by CHARLES WILLIAM BRODRIBB A GRACE BEFORE DINNER by ROBERT BURNS STANZAS by GEORGE GORDON BYRON EVEN AS DEWS FALL by VINA BRUCE CHILTON THE AFTERGLOW by MARIANNE CLARKE OUT OF THE SHADOWS: AN UNFINISHED SONNET-SEQUENCE 6 by JOSEPH SEAMON COTTER JR. |