Tampico by Grace Hazard Conkling. Jessie B. Rittenhouse, ed. 1922. The Second Book of Modern Verse

Jessie B. Rittenhouse, ed. (1869–1948). The Second Book of Modern Verse. 1922.

Tampico

Grace Hazard Conkling


OH, cut me reeds to blow upon,
Or gather me a star,
But leave the sultry passion-flowers
Growing where they are.

I fear their sombre yellow deeps,	5
Their whirling fringe of black,
And he who gives a passion-flower
Always asks it back.