Man Carrying Bale

Harold Edward Monro 1879 ( Brussels, ) – 1932 ( Broadstairs,)



The tough hand closes gently on the load;
Out of the mind, a voice
Calls 'Lift!' and the arms, remembering well their work,
Lengthen and pause for help.
Then a slow ripple flows from head to foot
While all the muscles call to one another:
'Lift! 'and the bulging bale
Floats like a butterfly in June.
  
So moved the earliest carrier of bales,
And the same watchful sun
Glowed through his body feeding it with light.
So will the last one move,
And halt, and dip his head, and lay his load
Down, and the muscles will relax and tremble.
Earth, you designed your man
Beautiful both in labour and repose.
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Submitted on August 03, 2020

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Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 585
Words 113
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 8, 8

Harold Edward Monro

Harold Edward Monro was an English poet born in Brussels. As the proprietor of the Poetry Bookshop in London, he helped many poets to bring their work before the public more…

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