Verse > T.S. Eliot > Prufrock and Other Observations
  PREVIOUSNEXT  
CONTENTS · BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD
T.S. Eliot (1888–1965).  Prufrock and Other Observations.  1920.
 
6. The Boston Evening Transcript
 
THE READERS of the Boston Evening Transcript
Sway in the wind like a field of ripe corn.
 
When evening quickens faintly in the street,
Wakening the appetites of life in some
And to others bringing the Boston Evening Transcript,        5
I mount the steps and ring the bell, turning
Wearily, as one would turn to nod good-bye to Rochefoucauld,
If the street were time and he at the end of the street,
And I say, “Cousin Harriet, here is the Boston Evening Transcript.”
 
 
CONTENTS · BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD
  PREVIOUSNEXT  
 
 

Shakespeare · Bible · Strunk · Anatomy · Nonfiction · Quotations · Reference · Fiction · Poetry
© 1993–2020 Bartleby.com · [Top 150] · Subjects · Titles · Authors · World Lit · Free Essays