Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE MORAINE, by JOHN CURTIS UNDERWOOD Poet's Biography First Line: Look down, love, from the bridge's height Last Line: To share with others while we may. Subject(s): Home; New York City - Buildings | ||||||||
Look down, love, from the Bridge's height And see the buildings piled below, A heap of pebbles in the night Where stars like fireflies come and go. Here by the border of the sea Where life has left its last moraine, The soul of man eternally Resigns its pleasure and its pain. The glacier glides into the deep, An endless river of the years, From the far mountains where they sleep Who first begot our hopes and fears. Cave-man, Crusader, scientist, They pass as pass the centuries; And teach these stones to still persist To tally time's infinities. What does it all mean? Æons dear Have left Manhattan here to-day That we might meet. Our home is here To share with others while we may. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MONODY ON THE ASTOR HOUSE by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS THE WOOLWORTH BUILDING by MADISON JULIUS CAWEIN THE ANGEL OF THE CORNICE by FLORENCE WILKINSON EVANS NEW YORK DAYS by WILLIAM ELLERY LEONARD THE TOWERS OF MANHATTAN by DONALD ROBERT PERRY MARQUIS NEW YORK, FROM A SKYSCRAPER by JAMES OPPENHEIM THE CLOCK IN THE AIR by JOHN CURTIS UNDERWOOD THE EMPIRE CITY by GEORGE SYLVESTER VIERECK DIGGING FOUNDATIONS AT NIGHT; CORTLAND STREET by HARVEY MAITLAND WATTS A SENIOR'S PLEA by JOHN CURTIS UNDERWOOD |
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