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The Tropics in New York

   Bananas ripe and green, and ginger-root,
     Cocoa in pods and alligator pears,
   And tangerines and mangoes and grape fruit,
     Fit for the highest prize at parish fairs,
   Set in the window, bringing memories
     Of fruit-trees laden by low-singing rills,
   And dewy dawns, and mystical blue skies
     In benediction over nun-like hills.
   My eyes grew dim, and I could no more gaze;
    A wave of longing through my body swept,
  And, hungry for the old, familiar ways,
    I turned aside and bowed my head and wept.

Notes

Composition date is unknown - the above date represents the first publication date.
The lyrical form of this poem is abab.

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