The city's street, a roaring blackened stream Walled in by granite, thro' whose thousand eyes A thousand yellow lights begin to gleam, And over all the pale untroubled skies.
City Vignettes
Song Cycle by Misty L. Dupuis (b. 1972)
2. Dusk [sung text not yet checked]
Language: English
Text Authorship:
- by Sara Teasdale (1884 - 1933), "Dusk", appears in Helen of Troy and Other Poems, in 8. Sonnets and Lyrics, in 15. City Vignettes, no. 2
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Confirmed with Sara Teasdale, Helen of Troy ; And Other Poems, New York and London : G. P. Putnam's sons, 1911, p. 90
Researcher for this page: Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]
3. Rain at Night [sung text not yet checked]
Language: English
The street-lamps shine in a yellow line Down the splashy, gleaming street, And the rain is heard now loud now blurred By the tread of homing feet.
Text Authorship:
- by Sara Teasdale (1884 - 1933), "Rain at Night", appears in Helen of Troy and Other Poems, in 8. Sonnets and Lyrics, in 15. City Vignettes
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Confirmed with Sara Teasdale, Helen of Troy ; And Other Poems, New York and London : G. P. Putnam's sons, 1911, p. 90
Researcher for this page: Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]
Total word count: 56