“I need the starshine of your heavenly eyes, After the day's great sun.”
Quotes by Charles Hanson Towne
“Around the corner I have a friend, In this great city that has no end, Yet the days go by and weeks rush on, And before I know it, a year is gone. And I never see my old friends face, For life is a swift and terrible race, He knows I like him just as well, As in the days when I rang his bell. And he rang mine but we were younger then, And now we are busy, tired men. Tired of playing a foolish game, Tired of trying to make a name. "Tomorrow" I say! "I will call on Jim Just to show that I'm thinking of him", But tomorrow comes and tomorrow goes, And distance between us grows and grows. Around the corner, yet miles away, "Here's a telegram sir," "Jim died today." And that's what we get and deserve in the end. Around the corner, a vanished friend.”
“"Life's book is hard to understand: Why couldst thou not remain at school?”
Charles Hanson Towne
Charles Hanson Towne was an American poet, editor, and literary figure known for his contributions to early 20th-century literature. Born in 1877, Towne emerged as a prominent voice in the literary sc...