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STREETS by AMY LOWELL

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First Line: AS I WANDERED THROUGH THE EIGHT HUNDRED AND EIGHT STREETS OF THE CITY
Last Line: In autrumn
Subject(s): WOMEN; BEAUTY; CITY & TOWN LIFE;
AS I wandered through the eight hundred and eight streets of the city,
I saw nothing so beautiful
As the Women of the Green Houses,
With their girdles of spun gold,
And their long-sleeved dresses,
Colored like the graining of wood.
As they walk,
The hems of their outer garments flutter open,
And the blood-red linings glow like sharp-toothed maple leaves
In autumn.



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