393. Scented Leaves from a Chinese Jar by Allen Upward. The Stupid Kite. Monroe, Harriet, ed. 1917. The New Poetry: An Anthology

Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). The New Poetry: An Anthology. 1917.

393. Scented Leaves from a Chinese Jar

The Stupid Kite

By Allen Upward


A KITE, while devouring a skylark, complained, “Had I known that thy flesh was no sweeter than that of a sparrow I should have listened longer to thy delicious notes.”