"And in the evening, everywhere Along the roadside, up and down, I see the golden torches flare Like lighted street-lamps in the town."

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People from New York (state)Academics from the United StatesPoets from the United StatesColumbia University alumniColumbia University faculty
Original Language: English

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"Golden-Rod", st. 2, in The Independent, vol. 42, no. 2,181 (September 18, 1890) p. 28. Also in Poems (Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co, 1917) p. 148