Identifier: impressionsinabo00lowe (find matches)
Title: Impressions in and about Portland, Maine
Year: 1910 (1910s)
Authors: Lowell, Carrie Thompson, comp
Subjects: Portland (Me.) -- Description and travel
Publisher: Portland, Me., A.W. Lowell
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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THE FIRST PARISH VANE Over the city hangs a mist,And the smell of the sea brings a thought of storm ;About the chimneys the smoke wreaths twist,And under the eaves the pigeons swarm ;East, north-east, like the finger of doom,Stcadilv pointing into the gloom,On theFirst Parish Spire is plainly seenThe vane which a century there hath been.Sunshine oiveth it not a kiss ;Shadows it cleaves like the shadows of death. —James P. Baxter, 19
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CITY HALL Adown the busy street we pass where onceOur citys pride reflected hom her ciomeDeparting day ; its last bright golden gleamFalling on wearied traveller hastning home. Its simple grandeur tilled our hearts alikeWith joy and veneration. For we sawLpreared in stone, a massive shapely pileKeeping its guard oer order and oer law. Destroying flames have done their cruel workHut from the past, a host of memories riseAnd cling around thy dear familiar walls,No more uplifted to the waiting skies. — Carrie TJiompson Loi<eII.

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