William Stanley Braithwaite, ed. (1878–1962). Anthology of Massachusetts Poets. 1922.

Dragon

Some saw a dragon eating up the light,

Oho! Oho! Oho, ho, ho!

Some heard a lost bird riding out the night,

Oho! Oho! Oho, ho, ho!

But I saw:
A low dark hill with its twisted back

Two wings of flame from the green cloud rack,

A sprawling flank overlaid with leaf

Glitter and gleam and shine like steel,

Crackle and lash like a serpent’s tail!

And I heard:
The wind draw out of the west and wail,

Dance and stagger and jig and reel!

With the long low sound of a life in grief!

I saw a life in grief

Oho! Oho! Oho, ho, ho

Dance and stagger and jig and reel!

Oho! Oho! Oho, ho, ho!

“THE BOOKMAN.”