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A SONG OF TOWN by RAOUL LOVEDAY

First Line: SING NOW OF LONDON
Last Line: SOON DEAD TOO.
Subject(s): LONDON;

SING now of London
At fall of dusk;
A summer dragonfly
Crept from the husk.
Dragonfly, on whose wing
Run golden wires;
So, down a street pavement,
Lamps throw their fires.
Dragonfly, whose wing is pricked
By many a spark;
Electric eyes of taxis
Bright through the dark.

Dragonfly, whose life is
Cold and brief as dew,
Drone now for London dusk,
Soon dead too.



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