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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
BALLAD OF THE LONDONER, by JAMES ELROY FLECKER Poet's Biography
First Line: Evening falls on the smoky walls
Last Line: Where flowers are pale and few.
Subject(s): London; Love
First Line: Evening falls on the smoky walls
Last Line: Where flowers are pale and few.
Subject(s): London; Love
Evening falls on the smoky walls,
And the railings drip with rain,
And I will cross the old river
To see my girl again.
The great and solemn-gliding tram,
Love's still-mysterious car,
Has many a light of gold and white,
And a single dark red star.
I know a garden in a street
Which no one ever knew;
I know a rose beyond the Thames,
Where flowers are pale and few.
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