Poem of the Week
July 17, 2006
Against huge mountain masses ribbed by iron,
Against immeasurable depths and dark abyss
And valleys lashed by mutilating wind
And gorges where dark maddened waters hiss,
He pits the tiny compass of his mind :
He flings invincible steel, builds span on span
By power held fast within a small brain-pan.
Edna Davis Romig
Reprinted from
Sketches and Overtones by Edna Davis Romig
Philadephia, Dorrance & Co., 1936.
Copyright 1936.
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