The Miner (1)

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=90 BGCOLOR="#006699" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="11f285a1erlcgo.png"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Arial" ><B>Berton Braley Cyber Museum</B></FONT><B>     |     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Berton Braley Cyber Museum"><U><B>home</B></U></A><B>     </B></div> <div>                                                   </div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#FFCC66" TEXT="#080000" background="11ed2c00dkelyh.png"> <div> <A HREF="news_.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="News"><U>News</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="biography.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Biography"><U>Biography</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="works.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Works"><U>Works</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="bibliography.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Bibliography"><U>Bibliography</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="correspondence.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Correspondence"><U>Correspondence</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="library.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Library"><U>Library</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="meeting_place.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Meeting place"><U>Meeting place</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="guestbook.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Guestbook"><U>Guestbook</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="market.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Market"><U>Market</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="links.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Links "><U>Links </U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="search.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Search"><U>Search</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id400.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="About Foundation"><U>About Foundation</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="about_museum.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="About Museum"><U>About Museum</U></A></div> </td> <td valign="top" height=390 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <I>The Miner (1)</I><I>                                                                                                   </I></div> <div> <I><B>Grimy, and caked with dust of coal he stands,</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Grasping his pick within his mighty hands;</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>The arbiter of destiny and fate,</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Greater by far than king or potentate.</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>Shops may not run except at his behest,</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>At forge and blast his strength is manifest.</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>The rolls that rumble and the shears that scream</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>And all the million miracles of steam</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>Depend on him for fuel that will turn</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>The wheels that urge them and the belts that churn.</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Guns that will shatter fortresses of steel,</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Ships that will plow the waves on steady keel</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>Bearing munitions for an army's need</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Must wait the miner's orders and take heed</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>That he who toils within the coal mine's munk</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Gives them the coal with which they do their work.</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>Behind the men who battle in the trench</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>There stand the workmen at the lathe and bench,</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>But back of them and master of them all</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>The miner stands and holds the world in thrall.</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>Not soon again shall any man forget</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>How much the world is in the miner's debt,</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>For we shall read upon fame's honor roll</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>"He won the war--his labor gave us coal!"</B></I></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <I>Published in: </I><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B> </B></FONT></div> <div> <I>- Coal Age</I></div> <div> <I>- The Mentor</I><I> - </I><I>May 1, 1918</I></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <A HREF="copyright.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Copyright"><U><I>© 2000-2006, Berton Braley Cyber Museum. </I></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="copyright.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Copyright"><U><I>All rights reserved.</I></U></A></div> <div> <I>---</I></div> <div> <A HREF="mailto:info@bertonbraley.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:info@bertonbraley.com"><U><I>Contact Webmaster Peter Leeflang</I></U></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="mailto:info@bertonbraley.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:info@bertonbraley.com"><U> </U></A></FONT></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>