Near and Far (Blunden)/Building the Library, Tokyo University
Building the Library,
Tokyo University
Night Scene
Tokyo University
Night Scene
Like men of fire, in painful night, The Eastern builders thudTheir iron round; wild bubbles of light From Babel's angles scud.
The hammer's fierce brain-battering shout In bursts of power rebels,Puts unheard melodies to rout, Drowns heaven's songs and bells.
O swiftly serve their quiet will, And build them one more homeWhere nooks shall be most kind and $till For the great Muse to come!