| Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). The New Poetry: An Anthology. 1917. |
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| 252. The Wonder of It |
| | | By Harriet Monroe |
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| HOW wild, how witch-like weird that life should be! | |
| That the insensate rock dared dream of me, | |
| And take to bursting out and burgeoning— | |
| Oh, long ago—yo ho!— | |
| And wearing green! How stark and strange a thing | 5 |
| That life should be! | |
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| Oh, mystic mad, a rigadoon of glee, | |
| That dust should rise, and leap alive, and flee | |
| A-foot, a-wing, and shake the deeps with cries— | |
| Oh, far away—yo-hay! | 10 |
| What moony masque, what arrogant disguise | |
| That life should be! | |
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