THE STEEL WORKERS

I watched the workers in steel,

The Pit-like glow of the furnace,

The rivers of molten metal,

The tremulous rumble of cranes,

The throb of the Thor-like hammers

On sullen and resonant anvils!

I saw the half-clad workers

Twisting earth's iron to their use,

Shaping the steel to their thoughts;

And, in some way, out of the fury

And the fires of mortal passion,

It seemed to me,

In some way, out of the torture

And tumult of inchoate Time,

The hammer of sin is shaping

The soul of man!