| Carl Sandburg (1878–1967). Chicago Poems. 1916. |
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| 102. Follies |
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| SHAKEN, | |
| The blossoms of lilac, | |
| And shattered, | |
| The atoms of purple. | |
| Green dip the leaves, | 5 |
| Darker the bark, | |
| Longer the shadows. | |
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| Sheer lines of poplar | |
| Shimmer with masses of silver | |
| And down in a garden old with years | 10 |
| And broken walls of ruin and story, | |
| Roses rise with red rain-memories. | |
| May! | |
| In the open world | |
| The sun comes and finds your face, | 15 |
| Remembering all. | |
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