Poet Charles Hanson Towne

Charles Hanson Towne

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  • 1.
    When, sick of all the sorrow and distress
    That flourished in the City like foul weeds,
    I sought blue rivers and green, opulent meads,
    And leagues of unregarded loneliness
    ...
  • 2.
    Roof-tops, roof-tops, what do you cover?
    Sad folk, bad folk, and many a glowing lover;
    Wise people, simple people, children of despair-
    Roof-tops, roof-tops, hiding pain and care.
    ...
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Still sing the mocking fairies, as of old,
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And wolves still dread Diana roaming free
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