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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
GREAT IS DIANA OF THE MANNAHATTOES!, by ARTHUR GUITERMAN Poet's Biography First Line: Northward! Northward! Goddess of the tower Last Line: The smoke of sacrifice! Subject(s): Hudson River; Native Americans; New York City; Ships & Shipping; Indians Of America; American Indians; Indians Of South America; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple | |||
Northward! Northward! Goddess of the Tower, Driving back the dappled cloud, Bend thy golden bow. Mignonette and violet and autumn's tawny flower Fill with bloom and vague perfume The humming ways below. Down from his mountains Hudson rolls away, Pouring forth their balsam breath Upon our jaded strands; Eastward, westward, southward to the Bay Rock like bare November woods The masts of many lands. Day lifts up the hymnal of the street; Night hath lamps Of silver for thy shrine; Air-drift, cloud-drift play about thy feet; Moonlight, starlight, Touch thy brow divine. Ward our gates, Wielder of the Bow! Guard with us a nation's weal, Regent of the skies! Crowd with keels the winnowed waves That round our island flow! Shop and mart to thee shall raise The smoke of sacrifice! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...READY FOR THE CANNERY by BERTON BRALEY TRANTER IN AMERICA by AUGUST KLEINZAHLER MEETING YOU AT THE PIERS by KENNETH KOCH FEBRUARY EVENING IN NEW YORK by DENISE LEVERTOV ON 52ND STREET by PHILIP LEVINE THREE POEMS FOR NEW YORK by JOSEPHINE MILES NEW YORK SUBWAY by HILDA MORLEY |
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