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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE CITY AT NIGHT, by MARGUERITE AVIS WHITCOMB
First Line: With light on light the city streets now blaze
Last Line: We babel view, and feel our earthborn might.
Subject(s): Cities; Pride; Urban Life; Self-esteem; Self-respect
First Line: With light on light the city streets now blaze
Last Line: We babel view, and feel our earthborn might.
Subject(s): Cities; Pride; Urban Life; Self-esteem; Self-respect
With light on light the city streets now blaze,
In myriad gleams transcendent sparkling wide,
While in the sky the stars in dimness raise
A doubt of the Creator's art -- a sleepy tide
Which clouds, like waves, pass over; astride
The moon they ride, and now obscured from sight
We Babel view, and feel our earthborn might.
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