| Jessie B. Rittenhouse, ed. (1869–1948). The Little Book of Modern Verse. 1917. |
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| 91. To-Day |
| | | By Helen Gray Cone |
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| VOICE, with what emulous fire thou singest free hearts of old fashion, | |
| English scorners of Spain, sweeping the blue sea-way, | |
| Sing me the daring of life for life, the magnanimous passion | |
| Of man for man in the mean populous streets of To-day! | |
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| Hand, with what color and power thou couldst show, in the ring hot-sanded, | 5 |
| Brown Bestiarius holding the lean tawn tiger at bay, | |
| Paint me the wrestle of Toil with the wild-beast Want, bare-handed; | |
| Shadow me forth a soul steadily facing To-day! | |
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