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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONGS OF NEW YORK: THE VOICES, by CHARLES HANSON TOWNE Poet's Biography
First Line: I heard the voice of the city
Last Line: Forever blue is the sky!
Subject(s): New York City; Voices; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple
First Line: I heard the voice of the city
Last Line: Forever blue is the sky!
Subject(s): New York City; Voices; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple
I HEARD the voice of the city,
Calling again and again,
And into her arms there hastened
Millions and millions of men.
And I heard the voice of old gardens,
Of quiet woodland ways;
But few there were who would heed them
In the rush of the busy days.
The cities grow old and vanish,
And their people faint and die;
But the gardens are green forever,
Forever blue is the sky!
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