| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900. |
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| 1363. A Song of Riches |
| | | By Katharine Lee Bates |
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| WHAT will you give to a barefoot lass, | |
| Morning with breath like wine? | |
| Wade, bare feet! In my wide morass | |
| Starry marigolds shine. | |
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| Alms, sweet Noon, for a barefoot lass, | 5 |
| With her laughing looks aglow! | |
| Run, bare feet! In my fragrant grass | |
| Golden buttercups blow. | |
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| Gift, a gift for a barefoot lass, | |
| O twilight hour of dreams! | 10 |
| Rest, bare feet, by my lake of glass, | |
| Where the mirrored sunset gleams. | |
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| Homeward the weary merchants pass, | |
| With the gold bedimmed by care. | |
| Little they wis that the barefoot lass | 15 |
| Is the only millionaire. | |
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