 | Harriet Monroe, Alice Corbin Henderson - American poetry - 1917 - 452 pages
...the gas lamps luring the farm boys. And they tell me you are crooked, and I answer, Yes, it is true I have seen the gunman kill and go free to kill again....women and children I have seen the marks of wanton And having answered so I turn once more to those who sneer at this my city, and I give them back the... | |
 | Howard Willard Cook - American poetry - 1918 - 292 pages
...the gas lamps luring the farm boys. And they tell me you are crooked and I answer: Yes, it is true I have seen the gunman kill and go free to kill again....and children I have seen the marks of wanton hunger. Carl Sandburg was born in Galesburg, Illinois, in 1878 of Swedish parents. His mother had but two years... | |
 | Chicago Public Library - Public libraries - 1923 - 128 pages
...the gas lamps luring the farm boys. And they tell me you are crooked and I answer: Yes, it is true I have seen the gunman kill and go free to kill again....children I have seen the marks of wanton hunger. And havink answered so I turn once more to those who sneer at this my city, and I give them back the sneer... | |
 | Carl Sandburg - American Poetry - 1926 - 298 pages
...gas lamps luring the farm boys. And they tell me you are crooked, and I answer: Yes, it is truej I have seen the gunman kill and go free to kill again....seen the marks of wanton hunger. And having answered soil turn once more to those who sneer at this my city, and I give them back the sneer and say to them:... | |
 | Carl Sandburg - Poetry - 1992 - 220 pages
...the gas lamps luring the farm boys. And they tell me you are crooked and I answer: Yes, it is true I have seen the gunman kill and go free to kill again....and children I have seen the marks of wanton hunger. These lines have peculiar force because the poet is asserting his role as witness: the city's reputation,... | |
 | Martin Gardner - Poetry - 1992 - 226 pages
...the gas lamps luring the farm boys. And they tell me you are crooked and I answer: Yes, it is true I have seen the gunman kill and go free to kill again....me you are brutal and my reply is: On the faces of the women and children I have seen the marks of wanton hunger. And having answered so I turn once more... | |
 | Frank Jacobs - Humor - 1994 - 100 pages
...have seen the blackjack dealer hit a sixteen and make a twenty-one when I am holding a natural twenty. And they tell me you are brutal, and my reply is: On the faces of high-rollers, I have seen the anguish of crapping out to the tune of five big ones. And having answered,... | |
 | Eleanor J. Stebner - Social Science - 1997 - 260 pages
...the gas lamps luring the farm boys. And they tell me you are crooked and I answer: Yes, it is true I have seen the gunman kill and go free to kill again....me you are brutal and my reply is: On the faces of the women and children I have seen the marks of wanton hunger. Despite the violence, hunger, and corruption... | |
 | Francis Heaney - Humor - 2004 - 154 pages
...heavy and my reply is: On a napkin or plate or a Newsweek I have seen the dust from powdered donuts. And having answered so I turn once more to those who sneer at this my sentry, and I give them back the sneer and say to them: Come and show me another sentry with swivel... | |
 | Samantha Barbas - Biography & Autobiography - 2005 - 441 pages
...the gas lamps luring the farm boys. And they tell me you are crooked and I answcr:Yes, it is true 1 have seen the gunman kill and go free to kill again....and children I have seen the marks of wanton hunger. CARL SANDBURG, "Chicago," 1916 LOUELLA WAS NO STRANGER TO THIS CITY OF BIG SHOULDERS, this gritty metropolis... | |
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They tell me you are wicked, and I believe them, for I have seen your painted women under the gas lamps luring -the farm boys. 
