| Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. 1912–22. | | | | Numbers | | By Elizabeth Madox Roberts |
| | From “Talk from the Dust”
WHEN I can count the numbers far | |
| And know all the figures that there are, | |
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| Then I’ll know everything, and I | |
| Can know about the ground and the sky, | |
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| And all the little bugs I see; | 5 |
| And I’ll count the leaves on the poplar tree, | |
| And all the days that ever can be. | |
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| I’ll know all the cows and sheep that pass, | |
| And I’ll know all the grass, | |
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| And all the places far away; | 10 |
| And I’ll know everything some day. | | | | |
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