Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, LIGHT STREET WHARF, BALTIMORE, by ELEANOR G. R. YOUNG


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LIGHT STREET WHARF, BALTIMORE, by                    
First Line: Perhaps you have tasted the salty tang
Last Line: And the sea-wind's salty tang.
Subject(s): Streets; Travel; Avenues; Journeys; Trips


Perhaps you have tasted the salty tang
Of the air blown in from the sea,
And heard the rattle and noise and bang
Of the great Bay steamer's motley gang
Cheering lustily:
Cheering to see the steamer glide
Into her waiting place
With the confident air of a Queen of the Tide
And a sea-gull's winged grace.

"Heave ho, stand back there—throw the gang"!
Excitement running high,
And always the rattle and steady clang,
The freight tumbling down with a mighty bang,
The wagons hurrying by;
The soft-voiced, dusky drivers
Guiding their horses through
The narrow, cobbled muddy streets
With a friendly shout or two.

Here is a salty, wind-blown world—
A world of mystery
Where giant steamers wait their turn
To sail ahead and swiftly churn
The water furiously;
A world of noise and clatter,
Of rattle and shout and bang,
But a world that leads to the open sea
And the sea-wind's salty tang.





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