| Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. 1912–22. | | | | A Mocking-bird | | By Witter Bynner |
| | From “Presences”
AN arrow, feathery, alive, | |
| He darts and sings; | |
| Then with a sudden skimming dive | |
| Of striped wings | |
| He finds a pine and, debonair, | 5 |
| Makes with his mate | |
| All birds that ever rested there | |
| Articulate. | |
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| The whisper of a multitude | |
| Of happy wings | 10 |
| Is round him, a returning brood, | |
| Each time he sings. | |
| Though heaven be not for them or him | |
| Yet he is wise, | |
| And daily tiptoes on the rim | 15 |
| Of paradise. | | | | |
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