Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, NOBODY IN TOWN, by DOLLIE CAROLINE MAITLAND RADFORD


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NOBODY IN TOWN, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: I stand upon my island home
Last Line: When there was nobody in town.
Alternate Author Name(s): Radford, Ernest, Mrs.
Subject(s): London


I STAND upon my island home,
My island home in Regent Street,
And listen to the ceaseless foam
Of traffic breaking at my feet:
The sky above is clear and sweet,
The summer day is smiling down,
I muse upon it, and repeat
That there is nobody in town.

All day a living metronome
Keeps up a firm relentless beat,
All day the little children roam
Through airless alleys, in the heat;

All day the men and women meet
With tired eyes, and settled frown,
I marvel, in my safe retreat,
That there is nobody in town.

Ah world beneath the sky's blue dome,
In flannels white, and spotless gown,
Ah would that such a day might come,
When there was nobody in town.






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