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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ELECTRIC LIGHT-VERSE, by L. ALLEN BECK First Line: Some wicked holding company controls Last Line: Than do without my nightly incandescence! Subject(s): Electricity | |||
Some wicked holding company controls A great utility, whose dynamo Prepares the juice, and sends it to far goals Where amps and ohms and volts achieve a glow Upon a filament within a globe That onetime dazzles -- lights up all the night; Bedecks dark corners with a brilliant robe -- Yet often sheds a soft and gentle light. My forebears groped their candle-lighted way To bed at dusk, competing with the rooster; But I, who own no chick, no hog, no hay, Prefer to class myself Electra's booster. I'd rather even pay for obsolescence Than do without my nightly incandescence! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...PLASTIC BEATITUDE by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR CAMPO SANTO by ELENI SIKELIANOS NOVEMBER BLUE by ALICE MEYNELL THE ELECTRIC BULB by STANTON ARTHUR COBLENTZ IN TESLA'S LABORATORY by ROBERT UNDERWOOD JOHNSON THE SOUTH-FORELAND ELECTRIC LIGHT by CHARLES TENNYSON TURNER ACTION OF ELECTRICITY by ERASMUS DARWIN YOU, WHO HAVE SONS TO SPARE! by L. ALLEN BECK JOHNNY SPAIN'S WHITE HEIFER by HAYDEN CARRUTH TO THE AUTHOR OF 'THE ROBBERS' (SCHILLER) by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE |
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