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THE BOSTON EVENING TRANSCRIPT by THOMAS STEARNS ELIOT

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First Line: THE READERS OF THE BOSTON EVENING TRANSCRIPT
Last Line: "AND I SAY, ""COUSIN HARRIET, HERE IS THE BOSTON EVENING TRANSCRIPT."
Subject(s): AMERICANS; UNITED STATES; AMERICA;

THE readers of the Boston Evening Transcript
Away in the wind like a field of ripe corn.

When evening quickens faintly in the street,
Wakening the appetites of life in some
And to others bringing the Boston Evening Transcript,
I mount the steps and ring the bell, turning
Wearily, as one would turn to nod good-bye to Rochefoucauld,
If the street were time and he at the end of the street,
And I say, "Cousin Harriet, here is the Boston Evening Transcript.




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