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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE VOICE OF THE CITY, by J. L. SINCLAIR
First Line: So this is new york!
Last Line: When do we eat!
Subject(s): New York City; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple
First Line: So this is new york!
Last Line: When do we eat!
Subject(s): New York City; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple
So this is New York!
It looks just like
The picture postcards.
And this must be
The Woolworth Building.
I should have known it
Anywhere --
But of course it could not have been Anywhere
Except in New York!
This is New York, the City of Human Daring,
New York, with the clouds at her head, the sea at her feet,
The conqueror's thought revealed in her haughty bearing --
When do we eat!
This is New York, the City of Men's Despairing,
The End of the Way, the Field of the Last Defeat.
One Hope Survives beyond all other caring --
When do we eat!
As you passed, O. Henry, the lights along Broadway glaring
Or paused intent in the depths of a shadowed street,
This is the voice you sought in your midnight faring --
When do we eat!
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