| Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. 1912–22. | | | | Water Noises | | By Elizabeth Madox Roberts |
| | From “Under the Tree”
WHEN I am playing by myself, | |
| And all the boys are lost around, | |
| Then I can hear the water go— | |
| It makes a little talking sound. | |
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| Along the rocks below the tree, | 5 |
| I see it ripple up and wink; | |
| And I can hear it saying on, | |
| “And do you think? and do you think?” | |
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| A bug shoots by that snaps and ticks, | |
| And a bird flies up beside the tree | 10 |
| To go into the sky to sing. | |
| I hear it say, “Killdee, killdee!” | |
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| Or else a yellow cow comes down | |
| To splash a while and have a drink. | |
| But when she goes I still can hear | 15 |
| The water say, “And do you think?” | | | | |
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