All to a vibrant Whole their echoes fling.
Hark to the City's voice; it tells a tale
Of triumphs and defeats, of joy and woe,
The lover's tryst, the challenge of a foe,
A dying gasp, a new-born infant's wail.
The pulse-beats of a million hearts combined,
Reverberating in a rhythmic thrill—
A vital message that is never still—
A sweeping, cosmic chorus, unconfined.
LOUIS J. STELLMANN,
in San Francisco Town Talk, December 6, 1902.