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Cover: New York - Library Walk - The first verse from John Greenleaf Whittier’s song "Proem"

Address:
10 E 41st St, New York, NY 10017, USA
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City:
New York, NY For all signs in New York, NY
Country:
USA For all signs in USA
Shape:
Rectangle
Material:
Metal
Used by:
New York Public Library
Maker:
Year:
1998
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Tags:
Flora Gilded Literature and poetry


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On the cover:
I love the old melodious lays
Which softly melt the ages through,
The songs of Spenser’s golden days,
Arcadian Sidney’s silver phrase,
Sprinkling on our noon of time with freshest morning dew.

John Greenleaf Whittier (1807-1892), “Proem”

[Gregg LeFevre Signature]
Photography:
2022
Ariel Rubinstein
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A plaque on the library Walk made by the artist Gregg LeFevre

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10 E 41st St, New York, NY 10017, USA (4 Meter)
New York - Library Walk - "Why some people be mad at me sometimes" by Lucille Clifton
22 E 41st St, New York, NY 10017, USA (6 Meter)
New York - Library Walk - Quote from "Picasso on Art: A Selection of Views" by Pablo Picasso
22 E 41st St, New York, NY 10017, USA (8 Meter)
New York - Library Walk - "1212" a song by Emily Dickinson
24 E 41st St, New York, NY 10017, USA (10 Meter)
New York - Library Walk - Quote from Elwyn Brooks White’s letter to James Thurber
10 E 41st St, New York, NY 10017, USA (10 Meter)
New York - Library Walk -A verse from Wallace Stevens’ song "13 Ways of Looking at a Blackbird"
19 E 41st St, New York, NY 10017, USA (14 Meter)


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New York - Library Walk - The first verse from John Greenleaf Whittier’s song "Proem"
10 E 41st St, New York, NY 10017, USA (0 Meter)
New York - Library Walk - Quote from Virginia Woolf’s "Leaning Tower"
10 E 41st St, New York, NY 10017, USA (4 Meter)
New York - Library Walk - "Why some people be mad at me sometimes" a song by Lucille Clifton
22 E 41st St, New York, NY 10017, USA (6 Meter)
New York - Library Walk - Quote from "Picasso on Art: A Selection of Views" by Pablo Picasso
22 E 41st St, New York, NY 10017, USA (8 Meter)
New York - Library Walk - "1212" a song by Emily Dickinson
24 E 41st St, New York, NY 10017, USA (10 Meter)
New York - Library Walk - Quote from Elwyn Brooks White’s letter to James Thurber
10 E 41st St, New York, NY 10017, USA (10 Meter)

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