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Jessie B. Rittenhouse, ed. (1869–1948). The Second Book of Modern Verse. 1922.

Old Amaze

MINE eyes are filled today with old amaze

At mountains, and at meadows deftly strewn

With bits of the gay jewelry of June

And of her splendid vesture; and, agaze,

I stand where Spring her bright brocade of days

Embroidered o’er, and listen to the flow

Of sudden runlets—the faint blasts they blow,

Low, on their stony bugles, in still ways.

For wonders are at one, confederate yet:

Yea, where the wearied year came to a close,

An odor reminiscent of the rose;

And everywhere her seal has Summer set;

And, as of old, in the horizon-sky,

The sun can find a lovely place to die.