Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE STREETS OF TIME, by CHARLES A. TUPPER


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THE STREETS OF TIME, by                    
First Line: I wandered down the streets of time
Last Line: Shone clear and still, glowed warm and still!
Subject(s): History; Time; Historians


I wandered down the streets of time,
Along the byways of the years,
And witnessed scenes of sordid crime,
Beset with tears and gnawing fears.

I sauntered down the streets of time,
In hand with coloured history;
I saw the knight, I heard the chime
Strike hard and free for liberty.

I drifted down the streets of time,
And met with hate and cold disdain;
By many a door in distant clime
I saw joy drain away to pain.

I ventured down the streets of time,
And nowhere in my search I saw
A face untouched, devoid of grime,
By some grim law, each wore a flaw.

I wandered down the streets of time,
And watched with shepherds on a hill.
Behold, a star, in faultless climb,
Shone clear and still, glowed warm and still!





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