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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE CITY'S LOVE, by CLAUDE MCKAY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: For one brief golden moment rare like wine
Alternate Author Name(s): Edwards, Eli
Subject(s): City & Town Life
First Line: For one brief golden moment rare like wine
Alternate Author Name(s): Edwards, Eli
Subject(s): City & Town Life
For one brief golden moment rare like wine,
The gracious city swept across the line;
Oblivious of the color of my skin,
Forgetting that I was an alien guest,
She bent to me, my hostile heart to win,
Caught me in passion to her pillowy breast;
The great, proud city, seized with a strange love,
Bowed down for one flame hour my pride to prove.
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