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CONEY ISLAND by SARA TEASDALE

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First Line: WHY DID YOU BRING ME HERE?
Last Line: COME, LET US GO.
Subject(s): CONEY ISLAND, NEW YORK CITY;

Why did you bring me here?
The sand is white with snow,
Over the wooden domes
The winter sea-winds blow --
There is no shelter near,
Come, let us go.

With foam of icy lace
The sea creeps up the sand,
The wind is like a hand
That strikes us in the face.
Doors that June set a-swing
Are bolted long ago;
We try them uselessly --
Alas, there cannot be
For us a second spring;
Come, let us go.






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