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

Old Age

I HAVE heard the wild geese,

I have seen the leaves fall,

There was frost last night

On the garden wall.

It is gone to-day

And I hear the wind call.

The wind?… That is all.

If the swallow will light

When the evening is near;

If the crane will not scream

Like a soul in fear;

I will think no more

Of the dying year,

And the wind, its seer.