Richard Butler Glaenzer. Under the Saman. Harriet Monroe, ed. Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. 1912-22

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

Under the Saman

By Richard Butler Glaenzer


From “Crayons of Dominica” UNDER the circular shadow of the jetty’s saman
Creamy high-humped cattle munch the sweet pods:
The zebus browse placidly against the blue and black
Of the sea and a distant promontory.
On this promontory de Bouillé defeated Stuart;	5
On this sea Rodney defeated de Grasse.