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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PLEASURE'S AWAKENING

 ALL day men walk the city up and down, Shuffling monotonously their weary feet, While pleasure sleeps behind that vague uproar;

 But sometimes like a lightning flash she flicks Some stagnant soul into a blaze of pain, And shatters the conventional round of toil.

 But when sick day has staggered his last steps, And night like a black curtain rushes down Upon the city, comes a sudden change:

 Then pleasure, like a vast cat, stirs herself, And yawning, stretches forth her velvet feet, To grasp the city in her long, curved claws.