THE MEN OF OLD
ONCE the word was an avalanche, a raging flood, A comet's fiery eye, a name Spelled on a miraculous cloud. The word was God in a consuming flame. OLD now to a directness Lifting the high heaven's hat, Swinging a contemptible world by the tail As a boy swings a cat. WA4T else is there to say or do When the laughter of the men of old ©, Shook mountains like a tablecloth
And thunders and boulders were rolled?
Denis
Glover
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 26, Issue 668, 24 April 1952, Page 16
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84THE MEN OF OLD New Zealand Listener, Volume 26, Issue 668, 24 April 1952, Page 16
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