| Jessie B. Rittenhouse, ed. (1869–1948). The Second Book of Modern Verse. 1922. |
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| April—North Carolina |
| | | Harriet Monroe (1860–1936) |
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| WOULD you not be in Tryon | |
| Now that the spring is here, | |
| When mocking-birds are praising | |
| The fresh, the blossomy year? | |
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| Look—on the leafy carpet | 5 |
| Woven of winter’s browns | |
| Iris and pink azaleas | |
| Flutter their gaudy gowns. | |
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| The dogwood spreads white meshes— | |
| So white and light and high— | 10 |
| To catch the drifting sunlight | |
| Out of the cobalt sky. | |
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| The pointed beech and maple, | |
| The pines, dark-tufted, tall, | |
| Pattern with many colors | 15 |
| The mountain’s purple wall. | |
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| Hark—what a rushing torrent | |
| Of crystal song falls sheer! | |
| Would you not be in Tryon | |
| Now that the spring is here? | 20 |
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