Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, IN A QUIET NEIGHBORHOOD, by ANONYMOUS


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IN A QUIET NEIGHBORHOOD, by                    
First Line: I was not well the other day
Last Line: Back to my labor in the rolling-mill
Subject(s): Calm;home;neighbors;silence; Placid;undisturbed;tranquility


I WAS not well the other day,
And therefore thought at home to stay —
I live upon a quiet little street —
And there in peaceful calm remain
Until I felt quite strong again
My daily tasks to undertake and meet.

I'd lain down half a minute, when
A pair of vegetable men
Began explaining what they had to sell;
And then the cry of "Rags!" was heard,
"Old iron!" all my nerves bestirred,
"Umbrellas here to mend!" "Fresh fish!" they yell.

Somebody with a clarinet,
A dinner gong I can't forget,
Ten million motors on the boulevard,
The parrot of the neighborhood,
A load of coal, a load of wood,
And then the girl who's taking "vocal" — hard!

And so, poor I, who'd thought to rest
Within a home by quiet blest,
Arose, still feeling indisposed and ill,
And just to get an hour's peace
Went where those city noises cease —
Back to my labor in the rolling-mill.





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