Hamilton Fish Armstrong, ed. The Book of New York Verse. 1917.
Villanelle of City and CountryZoë Akins
B
And watch the Lovers wander—Song and Spring—
But oh, the towers set in Gotham’s sky!
Its columned shrine wherein the presses sing;
Beneath the arches of the leaves I lie.
White poppies ’mid the waving grasses swing—
But oh, the towers set in Gotham’s sky!
When home the ferries bear us, marvelling;
Beneath the arches of the leaves I lie.
That meadow larks unto the morning fling—
But oh, the towers set in Gotham’s sky!
Where Life and Death are Lovers, wandering;
Beneath the arches of the leaves I lie,
But oh, the towers set in Gotham’s sky!