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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE RUSH AND WHIRL, by RAY CLARKE ROSE
First Line: The rush and whirl of urban ways
Last Line: The rush and whirl!
Subject(s): Cities; Urban Life
First Line: The rush and whirl of urban ways
Last Line: The rush and whirl!
Subject(s): Cities; Urban Life
The rush and whirl of urban ways
Too often rack the nerves and daze
The brain with ceaseless change and din;
Too often kill ere hope can win
Ambition's prize of pelf or praise.
And yet we chafe at small delays,
And fiercely dash through workful days,
To be, at last, extinguished in
The rush and whirl.
For me a rustic hearth and blaze,
My pipe, my dog, a book of lays,
And love, to soothe a chance chagrin,
And I will be Contentment's twin,
And jeer with mirthful laugh and phrase
The rush and whirl!
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