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

The Gentle Housewife

Rosamond Langbridge

THERE’S the first white butterfly dancing abroad!

There are wild wind-flowers dotting the sward;

There are wild green breakers combing the bay;

There’s a red ferret darting over the way!

But I am chiding the children for being so wild;

I am chiding the nurse for chiding the child;

I am careful to lay down tea-leaves in the hall;

I am gazing at that spot of mildew on the wall—

And my heart is breaking, breaking,

With the hatred of it all!