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BALLAD OF THE LONDONER by JAMES ELROY FLECKER

First Line: EVENING FALLS ON THE SMOKY WALLS
Last Line: WHERE FLOWERS ARE PALE AND FEW.
Subject(s): LONDON; LOVE;
Evening falls on the smoky walls,
And the railings drip with rain,
And I will cross the old river
To see my girl again.

The great and solemn-gliding tram,
Love's still-mysterious car,
Has many a light of gold and white,
And a single dark red star.

I know a garden in a street
Which no one ever knew;
I know a rose beyond the Thames,
Where flowers are pale and few.



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