David Osborne Hamilton. The Idiot. Harriet Monroe, ed. Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. 1912-22

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

The Idiot

By David Osborne Hamilton


From “Hoofs and Haloes” WHEN earth was madly green he lay
And mocked his shadow’s dancing feet,
Or from his laughter ran away
To watch the poppies burn the wheat.

But when the frozen leaves whirled by	5
And colored birds were blown afar,
He climbed the bitter winter sky
And hanged himself upon a star.