| Hamilton Fish Armstrong, ed. The Book of New York Verse. 1917. | | | | Washington Square, North | | By Walter Prichard Eaton |
| | | RED-BRICK and sunny in a cheerful row, | |
| Unboastful of the beauty they possess, | |
| These ancient houses face the square; the stress | |
| Of commerce from the nervous town below | |
| Swept round and far beyond them long ago; | 5 |
| Upon their view the high warehouses press; | |
| But they abide in their old-worldliness, | |
| And time with them moves gratefully and slow. | |
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| Not otherwise when time and age advance | |
| May I look forth on some green spot in life, | 10 |
| And keep the world aloof to see the sun, | |
| And hold the children in a kindly glance, | |
| There peacefully to pass out from the strife, | |
| Unsoiled, unwearied, when my day is done. | | | | |
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