| William Stanley Braithwaite, ed. (1878–1962). Anthology of Massachusetts Poets. 1922. |
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| To Hilda of Her Roses |
| | | Grace Hazard Conkling |
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| ENOUGH has been said about roses | |
| To fill thirty thick volumes; | |
| There are as many songs about roses | |
| As there are roses in the world | |
| That includes Mexico … the Azores … Oregon … | 5 |
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| It is a pity your roses | |
| Are too late for Omar … | |
| It is a pity Keats has gone … | |
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| Yet there must be something left to say | |
| Of flowers like these! | 10 |
| Adventurers, | |
| They pushed their way | |
| Through dewy tunnels of the June night … | |
| Now they confer … | |
| A little tremulous … | 15 |
| Dazzled by the yellow sea-beach of morning … | |
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| If Herrick would tiptoe back … | |
| If Blake were to look this way … | |
| Ledwidge, even! | |
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