| Jessie B. Rittenhouse, ed. (1869–1948). The Second Book of Modern Verse. 1922. |
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| Interlude |
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| I AM 1 not old, but old enough | |
| To know that you are very young. | |
| It might be said I am the leaf, | |
| And you the blossom newly sprung. | |
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| So I shall grow a while with you, | 5 |
| And hear the bee and watch the cloud, | |
| Before the dragon on the branch, | |
| The caterpillar, weaves a shroud. | |
| | | Note 1. Reprinted by permission of the publishers, from The New Day, by Scudder Middleton. Copyright, 1919, by The Macmillan Company. [back] |
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