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Poems, 1908-1919

by John Drinkwater

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The Craftsmen

Confederate hand and eye
  Work to the chisel’s blade,
Setting the grain aglow
  Of porch and sturdy beam—
So the strange gods may ply
  Strict arms till we are made
Quick as the gods who know
  What builds behind this dream.

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