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First Line: All day men walk the city up and down
Last Line: To grasp the city in her long, curved claws.
Subject(s): London


ALL day men walk the city up and down,
Shuffling monotonously their weary feet,
While pleasure sleeps behind that vague uproar;
But sometimes like a lightning flash she flicks
Some stagnant soul into a blaze of pain,
And shatters the conventional round of toil.
But when sick day has staggered his last steps,
And night like a black curtain rushes down
Upon the city, comes a sudden change:
Then pleasure, like a vast cat, stirs herself,
And yawning, stretches forth her velvet feet,
To grasp the city in her long, curved claws.





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