Jessie B. Rittenhouse, ed. (1869–1948). The Second Book of Modern Verse. 1922.
Old Age
I
I have seen the leaves fall,
There was frost last night
On the garden wall.
It is gone to-day
And I hear the wind call.
The wind?… That is all.
When the evening is near;
If the crane will not scream
Like a soul in fear;
I will think no more
Of the dying year,
And the wind, its seer.