| Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. 1912–22. | | | | The Oak | | By Harriet Monroe |
| | From “Carolina Wood-cuts”
THE OLD oak lets fall its crimson leaves— | |
| Tiny fuzzy leaves, | |
| Drooping, shivering, | |
| Tender as a babe new-born. | |
| The hard old oak, | 5 |
| Brother of the wind, | |
| Friend of storms, | |
| Shakes out young leaves like a thin pale veil | |
| Of rose and mauve, | |
| That shades the sun for him, | 10 |
| And fluttering, flickering, | |
| Softens the breeze. | |
| Is it a new, new world, | |
| That rosy baby leaves— | |
| So tender!— | 15 |
| Should droop from the brown old oak? | |
| A new, new world? | | | | |
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