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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
VILLANELLE (TO A LOVER OF MANHATTAN), by HENRY S. CHURCHILL
First Line: O city of astounding towers
Last Line: Thy beauty changes with the hours.
Subject(s): New York City; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple
First Line: O city of astounding towers
Last Line: Thy beauty changes with the hours.
Subject(s): New York City; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple
O City of astounding towers,
Swift, white as gulls twixt sky and sea,
Thy beauty changes with the hours.
At dawn slim girls as fresh as showers
Fling their pale heads back wantonly --
O City of astounding towers!
The clangorous noon-tide gold deflowers --
Proud stand they, high, and matronly,
Thy beauty changes with the hours,
And silver dusk again endowers
With spangled, bergamasquin glee,
O City of astounding towers!
While delicate dark night o'erpowers,
Strange purple forms press amorously --
Thy beauty changes with the hours.
Not songs, but tears of love are ours --
But flames alone can rival thee,
O City of astounding towers,
Thy beauty changes with the hours.
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