380. Scented Leaves from a Chinese Jar by Allen Upward. The Acacia Leaves. Monroe, Harriet, ed. 1917. The New Poetry: An Anthology

Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). The New Poetry: An Anthology. 1917.

380. Scented Leaves from a Chinese Jar

The Acacia Leaves

By Allen Upward


THE AGED man, when he beheld winter approaching, counted the leaves as they lapsed from the acacia trees; while his son was talking of the spring.