POEM
The Hammer
Carl SandburgI have seen
The old gods go
And the new gods come.
Day by day
And year by year
The idols fall
And the idols rise.
Today
I worship the hammer.
Source: Poetry (March 1914).
This poem originally appeared in the March 1914 issue of Poetry.
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