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

Orpheus in the Street

B. K. van Slyke

I PASSED a hurdy-gurdy playing in the street

A haunting ancient tune to tempt the feet;

But nobody paused to listen,

Nobody paused to look,

Although the ragged tune entranced me in the street.

I thought my heart would break as I stood listening there

To ragged Orpheus grinding out his air;

For nobody paused to listen,

Nobody paused to look,

Although the ancient gods of Greece flocked round us there.