The Voices

 The Voices

By Charles H Towne 

I heard the voice of the city 
Calling again and again, 
And into her arms there hastened 
Millions and millions of men.

And I heard the voice of old gardens, 

Of quiet woodland ways; 

But few there were who would heed 

them 

In the rush of the busy days.

The cities grow old and vanish, 

And their people faint and die; 

But the gardens are green forever, 

Forever blue is the sky.  

THE ORIGINAL HISTORICAL ARTICLE PRESENTED AS IT WAS FOUND IN THIS HISTORICAL MAGAZINE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

AMERICAN COOPERATIVE JOURNAL    APRIL 1922

THE ORIGINAL HISTORICAL ARTICLE PRESENTED AS IT WAS FOUND IN THIS HISTORICAL MAGAZINE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

THE ORIGINAL HISTORICAL  HYMN, RECITATION,  MOTION SONG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IN THIS ARTICLE IS  PRESENTED AS IT WAS FOUND IN THIS HISTORICAL AGRICULTURAL MAGAZINE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

THIS IS THE ORIGINAL HYMN OF THE LUTHERAN CHURCH OF THE STATES OF SOUTH DAKOTA AND THE NORTH DAKOTA,  AND THE ORIGINAL RECITATION, WHICH REACHED US FROM THE DAYS OF THE PILGRIMS WHO REACHED THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA CENTURIES AGO. THE ORIGINAL HYMN, RECITATION AND MOTION SONG WAS SERIOUSLY STILL CHANTED IN THE CELEBRATIONS OF THE EASTER MORNING AND THE FATHERS DAY AND MOTHERS DAY  IN THE STATES OF NORTH AND SOUTH DAKOTA IN THE YEAR OF 1921.

Charles Hanson Towne has been most widely known and admired as a poet, but since the appearance of his novel "The Chain," which was pubLished during the summer, his fame has spread rapidly through another field. Portland people who were fortunate enough to meet Mr Towne personally. during his visit to Portland. or ,who heard him speak at any of the public functions. held in honor of the
"Putnam Party". know that he is a clever punster. Many of his remarks such as "Poets are born, not paid;" "The wages of gin is breath;" "Out, where the vest begins;" etc. are still gleefully quoted.

 Mr Towne WAS a contributor to a number of the best known national magazines and has recently been made fiction editor of Metropolitan. 

See Paris See Carl Sandburg Chicago Poems Edgar Lee Masters The Loop William Griffith City Pastorals Charles H Towne The City 

The Best Road of All Charles H Towne 

ADVENTURES IN EDITING CHARLES H TOWNE The author is well known as editor poet and journalist Besides being a delightful narra tive this book is an excellent compendium for all interested in the art of writing Illustrated 10 6 

TINSEL A Novel 7s 6d CHARLES H TOWNE There is no resisting the entertaining qualities of this novel The author has taken a subject delightful in its possibilities and has presented it with a humour and kindness that are infectious 7s 6d 

References:

1, AMERICAN COOPERATIVE JOURNAL    MAY  1922

2.PORTLAND COMMERCE vol 7-1922

3. THE LIBRARY WORLD 1927

4. The Adelphi  1926