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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TWO SONNETS FROM NEW YORK: TOWERS, by ADELAIDE NICHOLS BAKER First Line: Something there is in me exults in towers Last Line: From pennons on the turrets of their time. Subject(s): New York City; Skyscrapers; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple | |||
Something there is in me exults in towers Like these that lift themselves sheer into light, Pinnacles formed like dreams, yet framed in might, Beauty, the incorruptible, that flowers High against heaven to glorify the powers Of greedy earth, I even take delight To see them flaunt great names against the night, Great common names, potent as princely dowers. Bush, Woolworth, Wurlitzer, and Chickering, The feudal lords of this our modern earth That flaunt their names from pinnacles sublime. So in old days did robber barons fling The fame of Warwick, Sterling, Kenilworth, From pennons on the turrets of their time. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...READY FOR THE CANNERY by BERTON BRALEY TRANTER IN AMERICA by AUGUST KLEINZAHLER MEETING YOU AT THE PIERS by KENNETH KOCH FEBRUARY EVENING IN NEW YORK by DENISE LEVERTOV ON 52ND STREET by PHILIP LEVINE THREE POEMS FOR NEW YORK by JOSEPHINE MILES NEW YORK SUBWAY by HILDA MORLEY SONNET FROM JAPAN: 1. THE SPELL by ADELAIDE NICHOLS BAKER SONNET FROM JAPAN: 2. THE SHRINE OF THE PILGRIM SANDALS by ADELAIDE NICHOLS BAKER TWO SONNETS FROM NEW YORK: QUESTIONS by ADELAIDE NICHOLS BAKER |
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