| Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. 1912–22. | | | | To Earth | | By Charles R. Murphy |
| | From “Growth”
OH, fortunate the waiting that shall end in wonder, | |
| And blessed now the patience that is in thy biding; | |
| For now are the herded clouds and the wild rain’s thunder | |
| Over the roof of thy quiet seeds’ hiding. | |
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| We too, O earth, shall need thy blessedness of waiting | 5 |
| For the green flowering of pastures, when the panting | |
| Storm shall cease; though blood be the rain that is abating, | |
| And men be the seeds of our wild planting. | | | | |
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