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

Homesick Song

William H. Simpson

TO the staccato of the booming drum,

To the dance-step of moccasined feet,

And swaying of brown bodies,

They sang.

Said the very old man at the drum:

It is a homesick song—

Of lonesome deserts,

Of grinding the corn,

Of a roof overhead,

The love of woman;

And of the Path to the Sunset,

Where we go tomorrow.

Ah! then I knew;

Knew why it sang to my heart.