Salomon de la Selva. The Tiny Maiden. Harriet Monroe, ed. Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. 1912-22

Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. 1912–22.

The Tiny Maiden

By Salomón de la Selva


From “Two Spanish Folk-songs” I AM so little,
They say, “She’s so young!”
I can’t bear it, mother,
So I sing this song.

Girls of fourteen	5
Little babies bear;
I am almost twenty,
For this I despair.

I am so little,
They say, “She’s so young!”	10
I can’t bear it, mother,
So I sing this song.

My breasts are ripe,
And I am of age,
God grant me for lover	15
The king’s little page!