Classic and Contemporary Poetry
BUFFALO, by FLORENCE EARLE COATES First Line: A transient city, marvelously fair Last Line: And swallow up that radiance in night? Subject(s): Buffalo (city), New York | ||||||||
A TRANSIENT city, marvellously fair, Humane, harmonious, yet nobly free, She built for pure delight and memory. At her command, by lake and garden rare, Pylon and tower majestic rose in air, And sculptured forms of grace and symmetry. Then came a thought of God, and, reverently, -- "Let there be Light!" she said; and Light was there. O miracle of splendor! Who could know That Crime, insensate, egoist and blind, Destructive, causeless, caring but to smite, Would in its dull Cimmerian gropings find A sudden way to fill those courts with woe, And swallow up that radiance in night? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...LEAVING BUFFALO by CHARLES MARTIN PERSISTENCE OF ANCESTORS by CHARLES MARTIN SLANTS AT BUFFALO, NEW YORK by CARL SANDBURG NIAGARA by NICHOLAS VACHEL LINDSAY TO THE HONOURABLE W. R. SPENCER; FROM BUFFALO, UPON LAKE ERIE by THOMAS MOORE "MCKINLEY [SEPTEMBER 6, 1901]" by ANONYMOUS BUFFALO WAR by LUCILLE CLIFTON A NARROW WINDOW by FLORENCE EARLE COATES |
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