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SONGS OF NEW YORK: TRAFFIC by CHARLES HANSON TOWNE

First Line: HOOF-BEATS THUNDERING ON THE PAVES
Last Line: IF ONLY IN MY DREAM!)
Subject(s): NEW YORK CITY; TRAFFIC; MANHATTAN; NEW YORK, NEW YORK; THE BIG APPLE;
HOOF-BEATS thundering on the paves,
Wagons crashing by.
(But O I dream of distant waves,
God's tent of open sky!)

Bells that clamor all day long,
Rush and roar of steam.
(But I have heard a robin's song,
If only in my dream!)



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