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

Caribbean Nights

Richard Butler Glaenzer

From “Crayons of Dominica”

THERE are too many stars:

They jostle;

They quarrel with the moon

Till she grows sullen.

The fireflies are more quiet,

More generous;

Their little lamps reveal flowers

And love-looks and smiles.