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TWO RONDEAUX TO NEW YORK: 2. SUMMER by MAY FOLWELL HOISINGTON

First Line: NEW YORK, I LOVE YOU - DOG-DAYS, TOO
Last Line: NEW YORK, I LOVE YOU!
Subject(s): NEW YORK CITY; SUMMER; MANHATTAN; NEW YORK, NEW YORK; THE BIG APPLE;

New York, I love you -- dog-days, too;
When all your concrete canons stew
The noon-day hordes that ebb and flow;
While deep in tunnels thousands go,
Still shines for some your harbour view.

The cleansing sea sends breezes through
Each island street and avenue;
Because for you sea-sirens blow.
New York, I love you.

For all your towers still rising new,
Your pinnacles that pierce the blue
Of summer skies, and shadows throw
To cool the hurrying crowds below;
For nights mosquito-less in you,
New York, I love you!



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