Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). The New Poetry: An Anthology. 1917.
Grampa SchulerRuth Suckow
From “By Hill and Dale”
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Had a crest of hair, and shining eyes.
He wore red-flowered waistcoats,
Wild Byronic ties.
The whole land of Germany
Wasn’t wide enough!—
He ran away one night, when winter
Seas were fierce and rough.
With already a settled air.
He’s patriarchal, with his sons
And daughters round him everywhere,
His son’s son Jim has fiery eyes—
He wants to go where the land is new!
Grampa bitterly wonders: “What are
Young fools coming to!”