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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE LIGHTS OF NEW YORK, by SARA TEASDALE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: The lightning spun your garment for the night
Last Line: A fire that neither wind nor rain can dim.
Alternate Author Name(s): Filsinger, Ernest B., Mrs.
Subject(s): New York City; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple
First Line: The lightning spun your garment for the night
Last Line: A fire that neither wind nor rain can dim.
Alternate Author Name(s): Filsinger, Ernest B., Mrs.
Subject(s): New York City; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple
THE lightning spun your garment for the night
Of silver filaments with fire shot thru,
A broidery of lamps that lit for you
The steadfast splendor of enduring light.
The moon drifts dimly in the heaven's height,
Watching with wonder how the earth she knew
That lay so long wrapped deep in dark and dew,
Should wear upon her breast a star so white.
The festivals of Babylon were dark
With flaring flambeaux that the wind blew down;
The Saturnalia were a wild boy's lark
With rain-quenched torches dripping thru the town--
But you have found a god and filched from him
A fire that neither wind nor rain can dim.
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