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SONGS OF NEW YORK: DOWNTOWN by CHARLES HANSON TOWNE

First Line: THE SUN HAS GONE, AND FROM THE FERRYBOAT
Last Line: AND BREATHE A LITTLE PRAYER FOR THEM, AND SIGH.
Subject(s): NEW YORK CITY; MANHATTAN; NEW YORK, NEW YORK; THE BIG APPLE;
THE sun has gone, and from the ferryboat
That like a golden worm crawls through the night,
I watch the myriad stars that round me float,
And, cityward, the honeycombs of light.

Tier after tier, they blossom in the dark,
Miraculously radiant, while I
Think of the toilers bent beneath each spark,
And breathe a little prayer for them, and sigh.



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