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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONGS OF NEW YORK: THE LIGHTS, by CHARLES HANSON TOWNE Poet's Biography
First Line: Ten thousand jewels flash out
Last Line: Till the stars have faded away.
Subject(s): Light; New York City; Tears; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple
First Line: Ten thousand jewels flash out
Last Line: Till the stars have faded away.
Subject(s): Light; New York City; Tears; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple
TEN thousand jewels flash out
When the darkness of night appears;
But O I sometimes think these pearls
Are ten thousand people's tears --
Ten thousand tears that are shed
Through the terrible strife of the day,
And doomed to shine through the city's night
Till the stars have faded away.
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