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THIS INCONSTANCY IS SUCH by CHRISTOPHER DARLINGTON MORLEY

Poet Analysis

First Line: CHESTNUT STREET IS DARK AND GLOOMY
Last Line: THERE ON THE PAVEMENT.
Subject(s): LIFE; MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS;

CHESTNUT STREET is dark and gloomy 11:30 p. m.
But from an upper window
Comes the insane ecstasy of jazz.
Cling-cling of little bells,
Rattle of drums,
Tick-tock of the gourds,
Crash of cymbals,
Wail of violins on the placid night.
Life is tragic;
Life is damnable;
But I do a little scamper of my own
There on the pavement.



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