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

The Birches

Antoinette De Coursey Patterson

AROUND the stretch of hemlock and pine and cedar,

Sport of the wind which flutters them up and down,

They stand in line, the luminous, slender birches—

A silver fringe for trimming the wood’s green gown.