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BRONZES: 1 by CARL SANDBURG

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First Line: THE BRONZE GENERAL GRANT RIDING A BRONZE HORSE IN
Last Line: AND MAKE TO RIDE HIS BRONZE HORSE OUT INTO THE HOOFS AND GUNS OF THE STORM.
Subject(s): LINCOLN PARK, CHICAGO; STATUES;

THE bronze General Grant riding a bronze horse in Lincoln Park
Shrivels in the sun by day when the motor cars whirr by in long processions going somewhere to keep
appointment for dinner and matinees and buying and selling
Though in the dusk and nightfall when high waves are piling
On the slabs of the promenade along the lake shore near by
I have seen the general dare the combers come closer
And make to ride his bronze horse out into the hoofs and guns of the storm.



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