<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=392129" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>In The Pit</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">'Chant of the Firemen'</div><div style="margin:10px 0">'THIS is the steamer's pit.<br>The ovens like dragons of fire<br>Glare thro' their close-lidded eyes<br>With restless hungry desire.<br>'Down from the tropic night<br>Rushes the funnelled air;<br>Our heads expand and fall in;<br>Our hearts thump huge as despair.<br>''Tis we make the bright hot blood<br>Of this throbbing inanimate thing;<br>And our life is no less the fuel<br>Than the coal we shovel and fling.<br>'And lest of this we be proud<br>Or anything but meek,<br>We are well cursed and paid —<br>Ten shillings a week!'<br>Round, round, round in its tunnel<br>The shaft turns pitiless strong,<br>While lost souls cry out in the darkness:<br>'How long, O Lord, how long?'</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Francis+William+Lauderdale+Adams">Francis William Lauderdale Adams</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=392129" data-title="In The Pit de Francis William Lauderdale Adams" data-description="'Chant of the Firemen' 'THIS is the steamer's pit. The ovens like dragons of fire Glare thro' their close-lidded eyes With restless hungry desire. 'Down from the tropic night Rushes the funnelled air; Our heads expand and fall in; Our hearts thum..."></div> </div> </div>

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