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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE CITY, by RICHARD WATSON GILDER Poet's Biography
First Line: Oh, dear is the song of the pine
Last Line: For the ships of all the earth!
Subject(s): Broadway, New York City; Music & Musicians
First Line: Oh, dear is the song of the pine
Last Line: For the ships of all the earth!
Subject(s): Broadway, New York City; Music & Musicians
Oh, dear is the song of the pine
When the wind of the night-time blows,
And dear is the murmuring river
That afar through my childhood flows;
And soft is the raindrops' beat
And the fountain's lyric play,
But to me no music is half so sweet
As the thunder of Broadway!
Stream of the living world
Where dash the billows of strife!—
One plunge in the mighty torrent
Is a year of tamer life!
City of glorious days,
Of hope, and labour, and mirth,
With room, and to spare, on thy splendid bays
For the ships of all the earth!
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