October 26, 1940 (vol. 4, iss. 1) • Page Image 7
…'PERSPECTI V E S Page Seven from THE LINCOLN LYRICS by John Malcolm Brinnin omewhere fin fi/noi This is the country o.f corn; whatever else The eye affirms is unexpected here; Like Babylon and Egypt roads repeat Earth's river-valley cultures in the West. All elements the city keeps in rooms- Wind-symphony, cloud-color, speech of crows- Ungathered and as palpable as grain Establish here their freer harmonies. Man is an incidental here: so f...…