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''Caliban in the Coal Mines'' was written by the American poet Louis Untermeyer (1885–1977) and published in his 1914 collection ''Challenge.'' Caliban, a leading character in Shakespeare's play ''The Tempest'', is said to be based in the poem on real-life coal miner Few Clothes Johnson, who was portrayed in the 1987 John Sayles film ''Matewan'' by actor James Earl Jones. Caliban in the Coal Mines GOD, we don't like to complain; We know that the mine is no lark. But — there's the pools from the rain; But — there's the cold and the dark. God, You don't know what it is — You, in Your well-lighted sky — Watching the meteors whizz; Warm, with a sun always by. God, if You had but the moon Stuck in Your cap for a lamp, Even You'd tire of it soon, Down in the dark and the damp. Nothing but blackness above And nothing that moves but the cars … God, if You wish for our love, Fling us a handful of stars! 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Caliban in the Coal Mines」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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