| Jessie B. Rittenhouse, ed. (1869–1948). The Little Book of Modern Verse. 1917. |
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| 23. Why |
| | | By Bliss Carman |
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| FOR a name unknown, | |
| Whose fame unblown | |
| Sleeps in the hills | |
| For ever and aye; | |
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| For her who hears | 5 |
| The stir of the years | |
| Go by on the wind | |
| By night and day; | |
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| And heeds no thing | |
| Of the needs of Spring, | 10 |
| Of Autumn’s wonder | |
| Or Winter’s chill; | |
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| For one who sees | |
| The great sun freeze, | |
| As he wanders a-cold | 15 |
| From hill to hill; | |
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| And all her heart | |
| Is a woven part | |
| Of the flurry and drift | |
| Of whirling snow; | 20 |
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| For the sake of two | |
| Sad eyes and true, | |
| And the old, old love | |
| So long ago. | |
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