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

Tampico

Grace Hazard Conkling

OH, cut me reeds to blow upon,

Or gather me a star,

But leave the sultry passion-flowers

Growing where they are.

I fear their sombre yellow deeps,

Their whirling fringe of black,

And he who gives a passion-flower

Always asks it back.