"The Cruel Moon"

The cruel Moon hangs out of reach

Up above the shadowy beech. . . .

Nurse says the Moon can drive you mad?

No, that's a silly story, lad!

—Robert Graves

“I Hear America Singing,”

The boatman singing what belongs to him in his boat – the deckhand singing on the steamboat deck;

The shoemaker singing as he sits on his bench – the hatter singing as he stands.

— Walt Whitman

I Hear America Singing

The carpenter singing his, as he measures his plank or beam,

The mason singing his, as he makes ready for work, or leaves off work;

The boatman singing what belongs to him in his boat – the deckhand singing on the steamboat deck;

The shoemaker singing as he sits on his bench – the hatter singing as he stands.

—Walt Whitman