I wandered lonely in the crowd

That ebbed and flowed in overspills

Some striding upright:...others bowed,

As if overcome by nature's ills.

Across the pavement....in the street,

My heart stepped out to join those feet..

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Downtrodden or well-heeled, shoddy or fine, , 

Each seemed to wink as if to say

You're not alone - come join our line

Here is where you need to stay

Ten thousand or more I seemed to see 

And I knew this was the place for me.

 

Street lights around them seemed to flash,

Outshining the stars in the heavens above

As to and fro  they'd dawdle or dash,

Like lovers loath to lose sight of love..

I looked - and looked...with just one thought:

To join the throng that fate had brought.

 

Now, when i lie in bed and dream -

The images of that scene i see

And I'm taken back to join that stream

When London town first greeted me;

It's then the pleasure of that find 

Returns to fill my restless mind.

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