Summary of a city night piece by oliver gold smith
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It is a hearttouching essay by Oliver Goldsmith who describes the scenes at two o’clock in the night on a city street.
He says that the dark night is a time to sleep for the happy and working people and a waking time for robbers, watchman, drunkards and someone attempting suicide.
He also cries on seeing the poor and homeless on the street. He wishes if he had the resuorces to help them.
He feels ashamed to be called a man when he sees woman being sold on streets due to their poverty.
He prays to God that either his heart or fortunes should change so that he can do something for the sufferers.
‘A City Night-Piece’ by Oliver Goldsmith is the retrospect of the city’s night scene from the poet’s point of view.
He describes how the street looks and the kind of people seen on it when the clock strikes two in the night.
He talks about the blissful feeling, the forlorn feeling and the gloom that seems to spread in the city.