The Boston Evening Transcript + 

The readers of the Boston Evening Transcript + 

Sway in the wind like a field of ripe corn. + 

When evening quickens faintly in the street, + 

Wakening the appetites of life in some + 

And to others bringing the Boston Evening Transcript, + 

I mount the steps and ring the bell, turning + 

Wearily, as one would turn to nod goodbye to Rochefoucauld, + 

If the street were time and he at the end of the street, + 

And I say, “Cousin Harriet, here is the Boston Evening Transcript.” + 