| Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). The New Poetry: An Anthology. 1917. |
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| 218. Spoon River Anthology |
| | | Hare Drummer |
| | | By Edgar Lee Masters |
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| DO the boys and girls still go to Siever’s | |
| For cider, after school, in late September? | |
| Or gather hazel nuts among the thickets | |
| On Aaron Hatfield’s farm when the frosts begin? | |
| For many times with the laughing girls and boys | 5 |
| Played I along the road and over the hills | |
| When the sun was low and the air was cool, | |
| Stopping to club the walnut tree | |
| Standing leafless against a flaming west. | |
| Now, the smell of the autumn smoke, | 10 |
| And the dropping acorns, | |
| And the echoes about the vales | |
| Bring dreams of life. They hover over me. | |
| They question me: | |
| Where are those laughing comrades? | 15 |
| How many are with me, how many | |
| In the old orchards along the way to Siever’s, | |
| And in the woods that overlook | |
| The quiet water? | |
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