Contents -BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD

Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). The New Poetry: An Anthology. 1917.

Old China

Morris Abel Beer

HOP WAH, the genial Chinaman, with steaming iron sings.

His heart is light because his little laundry shop takes wings,

And sailing o’er the silver skies, like birds in summer-time,

Through dreaming lanterned dells he strays as Bowery belfries chime.