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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONGS OF NEW YORK: TRAFFIC, by CHARLES HANSON TOWNE Poet's Biography First Line: Hoof-beats thundering on the paves Last Line: If only in my dream!) Subject(s): New York City; Traffic; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple | |||
HOOF-BEATS thundering on the paves, Wagons crashing by. (But O I dream of distant waves, God's tent of open sky!) Bells that clamor all day long, Rush and roar of steam. (But I have heard a robin's song, If only in my dream!) | 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 CITY ROOFS by CHARLES HANSON TOWNE |
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