This is a volume of poetry by Canadian poet and prose writer Sir Charles G.D. Roberts. This volume starts with a series of poems on New York City, and then includes some other poems on miscellaneous subjects. The poems of the "Father of Canadian Poetry" will be enjoyed by all modern listeners who are fans of New York. - Summary by Carolin
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Chapters
- Chapter 1
The Ideal
02:00 - Chapter 2
In the Crowd
01:02 - Chapter 3
Night in a Down-town Street
01:33 - Chapter 4
At the Railway Station
01:32 - Chapter 5
Nocturnes of the Honeysuckle, I
00:35 - Chapter 6
Nocturnes of the Honeysuckle, II
00:48 - Chapter 7
My Garden
01:27 - Chapter 8
Presence
00:55 - Chapter 9
Twilight on Sixth Avenue
01:15 - Chapter 10
The Street Lamps
00:50 - Chapter 11
In Darkness
00:48 - Chapter 12
In the Solitude of the City
01:04 - Chapter 13
A Nocturne of Exile
01:06 - Chapter 14
A Street Vigil
01:20 - Chapter 15
A Nocturne of Trysting
01:02 - Chapter 16
In a City Room
00:59 - Chapter 17
A Nocturne of Consecration
03:40 - Chapter 18
An Evening Communion
01:06 - Chapter 19
Life and Art
00:32 - Chapter 20
Beyond the Tops of Time
02:53 - Chapter 21
Dream-Fellows
03:17 - Chapter 22
The Atlantic Cable
01:26 - Chapter 23
When the Clover Blooms Again
01:03 - Chapter 24
At Tide Water
01:36 - Chapter 25
The Falling Leaves
00:56 - Chapter 26
Marjory
02:49 - Chapter 27
The Solitary Woodsman
02:32 - Chapter 28
The Stirrup Cup
00:43 - Chapter 29
Ice
00:43 - Chapter 30
The Hermit
01:34 - Chapter 31
'O Thou who bidd’st'
00:48 - Chapter 32
Ascription
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