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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TOM'S PHILOSOPHY, by ANONYMOUS
First Line: The bridges mingle with the river
Last Line: Since I've lost my key
Subject(s): Bridges
First Line: The bridges mingle with the river
Last Line: Since I've lost my key
Subject(s): Bridges
THE bridges mingle with the river,
And the river with the ocean;
The lights of Boston mix forever
With a jagged motion;
Not a lamp-post near looks single;
All things, when in town I dine,
With weird, uncanny phantoms mingle,
Why not I with wine?
See the house-tops fall from heaven!
And that chimney hit the other --
A college man would be forgiven
If home he'd help a brother.
Is it the sun that shines on earth,
Or moonbeams that I see?
What are all my struggles worth,
Since I've lost my key?
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