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Manhattan
Manhattan
Manhattan
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Manhattan

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This vintage book contains Charles Hanson Towne's 1909 poem, "Manhattan". Charles Hanson Towne (1877-1949) was an American poet, author, editor, and popular figure New York society. He wrote many books of verse, plays, essays, song cycles, memoirs, literary columns, travel essays, and operettas. His career started at the remarkably early age of 11, when he became the 'publisher' of the Unique Monthly, a magazine designed for children and created by Towne and his friends. "Manhattan" is a fantastic example of Towne's unique poetic style, constituting a must-read for all poetry lovers and fans of Towne's seminal work. Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern edition complete with a specially commissioned new biography of the author.
LanguageEnglish
PublisherWhite Press
Release dateSep 6, 2017
ISBN9781473340534
Manhattan
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Charles Hanson Towne

Charles Hanson Towne (1877-1949) was an author, editor and popular New York celebrity. From 1924 to 1929 he edited many magazines including Smart Set, Delineator, Designer, McClure's, and Harper's Bazaar.

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    Manhattan - Charles Hanson Towne

    XIV

    MANHATTAN

    I

    CITY I love—and hate!—how can I sing

    The miracle of your might in such a mood?

    How can I still the anger in my heart,

    To tell of your great beauty? How dispel

    The anguish I have known at your strong hands,

    To whisper of your wonder? O City, how

    Can I forget your loveliness, to sing

    Ev’n for one hour your terror and despair?

    Lo! I am of your children, and all day

    Behind your granite walls, hemmed in by stone,

    I struggle with my brothers, till my heart

    Grows sick with sighing. Like some stricken bird,

    Long since I beat upon my bars, and sought

    Blessed release; but now—I only wait,

    And dream, and hunger; and I sometimes think

    If one should come to set my spirit free,

    Would I go gladly?

    Nay, the chains are strong

    That bind me to these paves; but stronger yet

    The spiritual thraldom that I

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