Show Just Folks By EDGAR A. A GUEST THE ASSEMBLY ASSEl LINE To twist of ot wrench and hammer blow To eye alert and skilful hand handor Of or m men n above and men below From what was ore and stone and stand And chaos but a week ago The finished motor car Is planned Come cog and wheel and disk and gear Precisely to Its proper place Even the strident noises here Have rhythm and an ordered pace And timed to the second will appear appear appear ap ap- ap- ap pear The mirror for tor miladys milady's face tace Not this th the sum of ot one mans man's hand Since progress on the earth Is slow Ere such precision men could find Ages have had to come and go And here are countless dreams combined Within a n single hammers hammer's blow And sometimes as I stand and stare Upon this miracle of gears I seem to see assembled there The brave dead m men men n of ot other years Whose Those dream of oC conquering t tedious ted tedi ous aus care Copyright 1935 Edgar A. A Guest |