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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
NEW YORK IN SUNSET, by WILLIAM ELLERY LEONARD Poet's Biography First Line: The island city of dominion stands Last Line: And hers the fame of babylon and tyre. Subject(s): Islands; New York City; Seashore; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple; Beach; Coast; Shore | |||
The island city of dominion stands, Crowned with all turrets, o'er the waters' crest, Throned, like the bright Cybéle of the West, And hailed with cymbals in a million hands Around here; yet serenely she commands The inland vision and the ocean quest, The new-born mistress of the world's unrest, The beauty and the terror of the lands. She sees the fields of harvest sown for her, She sees the fortress set beside her gate, Her hosts, her ships, she sees through storm and fire; And hers all gifts of gold and spice and myrrh, And hers all hopes, all hills and shores of fate, And hers the fame of Babylon and Tyre. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SEASHORE by JOHN FREDERICK NIMS EASTERN LONG ISLAND by MARVIN BELL THE WIND IS BLOWING WEST by JOSEPH CERAVOLO IF SOMETHING SHOULD HAPPEN by LUCILLE CLIFTON THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER EMPTIES INTO THE GULF by LUCILLE CLIFTON GEOGRAPHY AS WARNING by MADELINE DEFREES POWER FAILURE by MADELINE DEFREES TOM MOONEY by WILLIAM ELLERY LEONARD TWO LIVES: CONCLUSION. INDIAN SUMMER by WILLIAM ELLERY LEONARD |
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