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<l>LAST night,</l>
<l>Standing outside the door of my house</l>
<l>I saw the white face of the city, lying asleep in the</l>
<l>mist</l>
<l>Dreaming, with blind eyes turned inward.</l>
<l>Last night,</l>
<l>Listening outside the door of my house I heard</l>
<l>The silence of the dreaming city</l>
<l>Listening and attending to its dream.</l>
<l>Rigidly the lamp-posts waited in stiff rows, silent.</l>
<l>And the street-lamps spread white blotches in</l>
<l>the mist;</l>
<l>Hoo. .on the river a ferry-boat . . . hoo . . .</l>
<l>While on the roof-tops the cats</l>
<l>Paused, paw in air. . . .</l>
<l>Sheltered in silence, the listening city</l>
<l>Cowered and trembled lest Terror be loosened;</l>
<l>Clung to its dream lest the red ghost of Fear</l>
<l>Leap from the darkness, clamoring,</l>
<l>Bound and ricochet down the empty avenues,</l>
<l>Scatter the cats on the roof-tops,</l>
<l>Flicker the lights of the sentinel lamp-posts,</l>
<l>Beat on the faces of sleepers until</l>
<l>Up through the roofs a million voices rise.</l>
<l>Wailing, “I am alone,”</l>
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City Fear J. Rorty 2019 University of Nebraska–Lincoln Center for Alex Telesca's Fame
306 Andrews University of Nebraska–Lincoln Lincoln, NE 68588-4100 alextelesca@outlook.com
2019

Copyright © 2019 by Alex Telesca

 The Best Poems of 1924 L.A.G. Strong J. Rorty June 1923 Small, Maynard & Company Publishers Boston

Alex Telesca Transcribed and encoded a poem City Fear LAST night, Standing outside the door of my house I saw the white face of the city, lying asleep in the mist Dreaming, with blind eyes turned inward. 5 Last night, Listening outside the door of my house I heard The silence of the dreaming city Listening and attending to its dream. Rigidly the lamp-posts waited in stiff rows, silent. 10 And the street-lamps spread white blotches in the mist; Hoo. .on the river a ferry-boat . . . hoo . . . While on the roof-tops the cats Paused, paw in air. . . . 15 Sheltered in silence, the listening city Cowered and trembled lest Terror be loosened; Clung to its dream lest the red ghost of Fear Leap from the darkness, clamoring, Bound and ricochet down the empty avenues, 20 Scatter the cats on the roof-tops, Flicker the lights of the sentinel lamp-posts, Beat on the faces of sleepers until Up through the roofs a million voices rise. Wailing, “I am alone,” 25 Screaming, “I am afraid!” J. Rorty

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City Fear J. Rorty 2019 University of Nebraska–Lincoln Center for Alex Telesca's Fame
306 Andrews University of Nebraska–Lincoln Lincoln, NE 68588-4100 alextelesca@outlook.com
2019

Copyright © 2019 by Alex Telesca

 The Best Poems of 1924 L.A.G. Strong J. Rorty June 1923 Small, Maynard & Company Publishers Boston

Alex Telesca Transcribed and encoded a poem City Fear LAST night, Standing outside the door of my house I saw the white face of the city, lying asleep in the mist Dreaming, with blind eyes turned inward. Last night, Listening outside the door of my house I heard The silence of the dreaming city Listening and attending to its dream. Rigidly the lamp-posts waited in stiff rows, silent. And the street-lamps spread white blotches in the mist; Hoo. .on the river a ferry-boat . . . hoo . . . While on the roof-tops the cats Paused, paw in air. . . . Sheltered in silence, the listening city Cowered and trembled lest Terror be loosened; Clung to its dream lest the red ghost of Fear Leap from the darkness, clamoring, Bound and ricochet down the empty avenues, Scatter the cats on the roof-tops, Flicker the lights of the sentinel lamp-posts, Beat on the faces of sleepers until Up through the roofs a million voices rise. Wailing, “I am alone,” Screaming, “I am afraid!” J. Rorty