Machine-Room Chants

by Tom Maguire

12 chapters51mEnglish1895

About this book

Tom Maguire was a trade union organiser from Yorkshire of Irish descent whose poetry reflects his socialist beliefs. This volume was published posthumously in 1895 and includes prefatory commemorative remarks by Keir Hardie and John Bruce Glasier. NB Listeners may find some of the references to sexual assault and suicide distressing.

Chapters (11)

1Barbara

339

2Unspoken Confidences

206

3The Minotaur

251

4The Duchess of Number Three

167

5The Novelette Reader

237

6The Singer Machine

198

7The Feller-Hand

169

8For a Living

102

9The Old Order Changeth

445

10An Underpaid Agitator

261

11The Watches of the Night

111

Machine-Room Chants

About this book

Chapters (11)

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