| Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. 1912–22. | | | | On Hampstead Heath | | By Wilfrid Wilson Gibson |
| | | AGAINST the green flame of the hawthorn-tree, | |
| His scarlet tunic burns; | |
| And livelier than the green sap’s mantling glee | |
| The spring fire tingles through him headily | |
| As quivering he turns | 5 |
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| And stammers out the old amazing tale | |
| Of youth and April weather; | |
| While she, with half-breathed jests that, sobbing, fail, | |
| Sits, tight-lipped, quaking, eager-eyed and pale | |
| Beneath her purple feather. | 10 | | | |
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