92. Sometimes. Thomas S. Jones, Jr. Modern American Poetry

Louis Untermeyer, ed. (1885–1977). Modern American Poetry. 1919.

Thomas S. Jones, Jr. 1882–

92. Sometimes

ACROSS the fields of yesterday
He sometimes comes to me,
A little lad just back from play—
The lad I used to be.

And yet he smiles so wistfully	5
Once he has crept within,
I wonder if he hopes to see
The man I might have been.