| William Stanley Braithwaite, ed. (1878–1962). Anthology of Massachusetts Poets. 1922. |
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| Dragon |
| | | Jeannette Marks |
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| Some saw a dragon eating up the light, | |
| Oho! Oho! Oho, ho, ho! | |
| Some heard a lost bird riding out the night, | |
| Oho! Oho! Oho, ho, ho! | |
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But I saw:
A low dark hill with its twisted back | 5 |
| Two wings of flame from the green cloud rack, | |
| A sprawling flank overlaid with leaf | |
| Glitter and gleam and shine like steel, | |
| Crackle and lash like a serpent’s tail! | |
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And I heard:
The wind draw out of the west and wail, | 10 |
| Dance and stagger and jig and reel! | |
| With the long low sound of a life in grief! | |
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| I saw a life in grief | |
| Oho! Oho! Oho, ho, ho | |
| Dance and stagger and jig and reel! | 15 |
Oho! Oho! Oho, ho, ho!
“THE BOOKMAN.” | |
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