| Jessie B. Rittenhouse, ed. (1869–1948). The Second Book of Modern Verse. 1922. |
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| New Dreams for Old |
| | | Cale Young Rice |
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| IS there no voice in the world to come crying, | |
| “New dreams for old! | |
| New for old!”? | |
| Many have long in my heart been lying, | |
| Faded, weary, and cold. | 5 |
| All of them, all, would I give for a new one. | |
| (Is there no seeker | |
| Of dreams that were?) | |
| Nor would I ask if the new were a true one: | |
| Only for new dreams! | 10 |
| New for old! | |
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| For I am here, half way of my journey, | |
| Here with the old! | |
| All so old! | |
| And the best heart with death is at tourney, | 15 |
| If naught new it is told. | |
| Will there no voice, then, come—or a vision— | |
| Come with the beauty | |
| That ever blows | |
| Out of the lands that are called Elysian? | 20 |
| I must have new dreams! | |
| New for old! | |
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