Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THIS INCONSTANCY IS SUCH, by CHRISTOPHER DARLINGTON MORLEY


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First Line: Chestnut street is dark and gloomy
Last Line: There on the pavement.
Alternate Author Name(s): Hall, Galway
Subject(s): Life; Musical Instruments


CHESTNUT STREET is dark and gloomy 11:30 p. m.
But from an upper window
Comes the insane ecstasy of jazz.
Cling-cling of little bells,
Rattle of drums,
Tick-tock of the gourds,
Crash of cymbals,
Wail of violins on the placid night.
Life is tragic;
Life is damnable;
But I do a little scamper of my own
There on the pavement.





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