Duncan Campbell Scott - Stone Breaking

March wind rough <br />Clashed the trees, <br />Flung the snow; <br />Breaking stones, <br />In the cold, <br />Germans slow <br />Toiled and toiled; <br />Arrowy sun <br />Glanced and sprang, <br />One right blithe <br />German sang: <br />Songs of home, <br />Fatherland: <br />Syenite hard, <br />Weary lot, <br />Callous hand, <br />All forgot: <br />Hammers pound, <br />Ringing round; <br />Rise the heaps, <br />To his voice, <br />Bounds and leaps <br />Toise on toise: <br />Toil is long, <br />But dear God <br />Gives us song, <br />At the end <br />Gives us test, <br />Toil is best.<br /><br />Duncan Campbell Scott<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/stone-breaking/