John Russell McCarthy. Goldenrod. Harriet Monroe, ed. Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. 1912-22

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

Goldenrod

By John Russell McCarthy


HEIGH-HO, the proud batallions
That tread the gleaming hill,
That muster for the sun, their king,
To do his flaming will.

With golden pennants streaming,	5
With myriad brazen spears,
They drive the fleeing summer
Over the fallen years.