Lay me on an anvil, O God. Beat me and hammer me into a crowbar. Let me pry loose old walls. Let me lift and loosen old foundations. Lay me on an anvil, O God. Beat me and hammer me into a steel spike. Drive me into the girders that hold a skyscraper together. Take red-hot rivets and fasten me into the central girders. Let me be the great nail holding a skyscraper through blue nights into white stars.
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Song Cycle by Rupert Hughes (1872 - 1956)
?. The Prayer of Steel [sung text not yet checked]
Language: English
Text Authorship:
- by Carl Sandburg (1878 - 1967), "Prayers of Steel", appears in Cornhuskers, first published 1918
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Researcher for this page: John Versmoren?. Lost [sung text not yet checked]
Language: English
Desolate and lone All night long on the lake Where fog trails and mist creeps, The whistle of a boat Calls and cries unendingly, Like some lost child In tears and trouble Hunting the harbor's breast And the harbor's eyes.
Text Authorship:
- by Carl Sandburg (1878 - 1967), "Lost", appears in Chicago Poems, first published 1916
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