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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LONDON BRIDGE, by DANIEL IRVING GROSS First Line: I hear an old song of my youth Last Line: And make us friends around the world. Subject(s): Bridges | |||
I hear an old song of my youth, "London Bridge is falling down," And think of those who now are gone Forever from my childhood town. The lips that smiled in merry days To melody of that sweet song, Are crumbled into silent dust, Or again with the agin throng. 'Tis good to see thee, stately bridge, Full strong and steady in the years, But many, looking on thee now Are seeing through a mist of tears, For backward far doth memory dream To many a modest little town, Where carefree boys and maidens played "London Bridge is falling down." As arches reach from shore to shore, O'er moving waters wide unfurled, God bridge all hearts in every land, And make us friends around the world. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...BRIDGE FOR THE LIVING by PHILIP LARKIN GRANITE AND STEEL by MARIANNE MOORE WATERLILIES AND JAPANESE BRIDGE by ALICIA SUSKIN OSTRIKER THE BRIDGE: PROEM. TO BROOKLYN BRIDGE by HAROLD HART CRANE AT DARIEN BRIDGE by JAMES DICKEY THE BRIDGE BUILDER by WILL ALLEN DROMGOOLE ON STURMINSTER FOOT-BRIDGE by THOMAS HARDY THE BRIDGE by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW CHAMBER MUSIC: 33 by JAMES JOYCE |
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