Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, A STREET, by JAMES STEPHENS



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A STREET, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Two narrow files of houses scowl
Last Line: The sweetness here of any rose.
Subject(s): Cities; Urban Life


Two narrow files of houses scowl,
Blackened with grime, on either side
Of the road, and through them prowl

Strange men and women, shifty-eyed
And slinking. The drink-shop throws
A flaring yellow, light adown

The pavement. The gutter flows
A turbid evil stream. A clown,
Drink-sodden, lurches by and sings

Obscenely. A woman trails behind,
With old bad eyes. Her clothing clings
Rain-soaked about her. No daring wind,

Light-hearted, from a garden blows
The sweetness here of any rose.





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