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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
IN PHILADELPHIA, by CHRISTOPHER DARLINGTON MORLEY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I have seen sunsets gold the pillared steam Last Line: An old, old woman, who had once been young. Alternate Author Name(s): Hall, Galway Subject(s): Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | |||
I I HAVE seen sunsets gold the pillared steam Where Broad Street Station hoops with arches dark The western fire; and seen the looming, stark Crags of the Hall grow soft in morning gleam. One drowsy eye I wandered far to mark The Neck, a land of opal color-scheme; And know no faired place to watch and dream Than on a bench in old Penn Treaty Park. II I HAVE seen streets where strange enchantment broods: Old ruddy houses where the morning shone In seemly quiet on their tranquil moods, Across the sills white curtains outward blown. Their marble steps were scoured as white as bone Where scrubbing housemaids toiled on wounded knee -- And yet, among all streets that I have known These placid byways give least peace to me. In such a house, where green light shining through (From some back garden) framed her silhouette I saw a girl, heard music blithely sung. She stood there laughing, in a dress of blue, And as I went on, slowly, there I met An old, old woman, who had once been young. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SAMSON PREDICTS FROM GAZA THE PHILADELPHIA FIRE by LUCILLE CLIFTON ELEGY (FOR 'MOVE' AND PHILADELPHIA) by SONIA SANCHEZ PRELIMINARY SKETCHES: PHILADELPHIA by ELIZABETH ALEXANDER SONNETS OF SEVEN CITIES: PHILADELPHIA by BERTON BRALEY OCCASIONED BY GENERAL WASHINGTON'S ARRIVAL IN PHILADELPHIA by PHILIP FRENEAU THE TRIUMPHAL ARCH; REJOICINGS IN PHILADELPHIA by PHILIP FRENEAU PHILADELPHIA by RUDYARD KIPLING LINES WRITTEN ON LEAVING PHILADELPHIA by THOMAS MOORE PENNSYLVANIA HALL by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER ANIMAL CRACKERS by CHRISTOPHER DARLINGTON MORLEY |
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