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SONGS OF NEW YORK: TRAFFIC, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Hoof-beats thundering on the paves
Last Line: If only in my dream!)
Subject(s): New York City; Traffic; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


HOOF-BEATS thundering on the paves,
Wagons crashing by.
(But O I dream of distant waves,
God's tent of open sky!)

Bells that clamor all day long,
Rush and roar of steam.
(But I have heard a robin's song,
If only in my dream!)





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