2/32 YOU MUST KEEP REMEMBERING THAT YOUR FRIEND STANDS BESIDE YOU." He saw her there beside him, and the greasy, roaring place became suffused with radiance. The poet was happy in his machine-shop; he was still a poet there. And he fed his old zinc-eater, and sang: Away--and away! Hi-YAY! Crash, bash, crash, bash, CHANG! Wild are his eyes, Fiercely he dies! Hi-YAH! Crash, bash, bang! Bash, CHANG! Ready to fling Our gloves in the ring-- He was unaware of a sensation that passed along the lines of workmen. Sheridan nodded to those nearest him--he had personal acquaintance with nearly all of them--but he kept his attention upon his son. Bibbs worked steadily, never turning from his machine. |