Central Park at Dusk

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Central Park at Dusk by Sara Teasdale

From Helen of Troy and Other Poems Part II

Buildings above the leafless trees
      Loom high as castles in a dream,
While one by one the lamps come out
      To thread the twilight with a gleam.

There is no sign of leaf or bud,
      A hush is over everything --
Silent as women wait for love,
      The world is waiting for the spring.

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