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MAIN STREET AND OTHER POEMS MAIN STREET

(For S. M. L.)

LIKE to look at the blossomy track of the moon upon the sea,

But it isn't half so fine a sight as Main Street used to be

When it all was covered over with a couple of feet of snow,

And over the crisp and radiant road the ringing sleighs would go.

Now, Main Street bordered with autumn leaves, it was a pleasant thing,

And its gutters were gay with dandelions early in the Spring;

I like to think of it white with frost or dusty in the heat,

Because I think it is humaner than any other street.

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