| Jessie B. Rittenhouse, ed. (1869–1948). The Second Book of Modern Verse. 1922. |
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| Romance |
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| WHY 1 should we argue with the falling dust | |
| Or tremble in the traffic of the days? | |
| Our hearts are music-makers in the clouds, | |
| Our feet are running on the heavenly ways. | |
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| We’ll go and find the honey of romance | 5 |
| Within the hollow of the sacred tree. | |
| There is a spirit in the eastern sky, | |
| Calling along the dawn to you and me. | |
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| She’ll lead us to the forest where she hides | |
| The yellow wine that keeps the angels young— | 10 |
| We are the chosen lovers of the earth | |
| For whom alone the golden comb was hung. | |
| | | Note 1. Reprinted by permission of the publishers, from The New Day, by Scudder Middleton. Copyright, 1919, by The Macmillan Company. [back] |
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