Dominant City, 1911-1912 / John Gould Fletcher [electronic text]

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Fletcher, John Gould, 1886-1950

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London: Max Goshen Ltd.

1913

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"Dominant City, 1911-1912 / John Gould Fletcher [electronic text]." In the digital collection American Verse Project. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/BAC5660.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 7, 2024.

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THE HOARDINGS.

 WHEN into the town I go, Under sad and leaden skies I see hoardings, row on row, Flare in pink and yellow dyes.

 Glittering promises they bear: Food to gorge and drink to swill; Spectacles of pleasure rare, Cures for every mortal ill.

 'Tis man's paradise of hope Mocking starving winter's night; Filling wretched souls who grope, With a gorgeous lie of might!

 Poet, do not vainly dream Of a past forgot for long, Let the wonderful hoardings stream In their splendour through your song.

 Fling away the beautiful, Withered flower of ancient birth: See! It springs in blossom full, Fresh from out the teeming earth!