Contents -BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD

Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). The New Poetry: An Anthology. 1917.

Azaleas

Harriet Monroe

SPREAD them wide,

Lovely ladies,

Spread your skirts wide.

Pink and white—

Oh, fair and chaste!—

Flutter down the mountain,

Rest in the wood.

Gold and red fire—

Oh, eager and warm!—

Gather in the hollows,

Shine in the shade.

Come in rings,

Come in crowds!

Storm the shy coverts

And the gloomy glades!

The sun will fish for you

Through the pine-tops;

The rain will jewel you

As you dance in the wind.