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STREET SONGS: 3. STATUARY by WALLACE STEVENS

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First Line: THE WINDY MORN HAS SET THEIR FEET TO DANCING
Last Line: Then goes his way with all his fancy free
Subject(s): CITIES; STATUES; URBAN LIFE;

The windy morn has set their feet to dancing -
The windy morn has set their feet to dancing -
Young Dian and Apollo on the curb,
Young Dian and Apollo on the curb,
The pavement with their slender forms is glancing,
The pavement with their slender forms is glancing,
No clatter doth their gaiety disturb.
No clatter doth their gaiety disturb.
No eyes are ever blind enough to shun them,
No eyes are ever blind enough to shun them,
Men wonder what their jubilance can be,
Men wonder what their jubilance can be,
No passer-by but turns to look upon them -
No passer-by but turns to look upon them -
Then goes his way with all his fancy free.
Then goes his way with all his fancy free.




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