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THE CITY'S LOVE by CLAUDE MCKAY

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First Line: FOR ONE BRIEF GOLDEN MOMENT RARE LIKE WINE
Last Line: Bowed down for one flame hour my pride to prove.
Subject(s): CITY & TOWN LIFE;
For one brief golden moment rare like wine,
The gracious city swept across the line;
Oblivious of the color of my skin,
Forgetting that I was an alien guest,
She bent to me, my hostile heart to win,
Caught me in passion to her pillowy breast;
The great, proud city, seized with a strange love,
Bowed down for one flame hour my pride to prove.



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