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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A SONG OF TOWN, by RAOUL LOVEDAY
First Line: Sing now of london
Last Line: Soon dead too.
Subject(s): London
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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