Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900.
By Katharine LeeBates1363 A Song of Riches
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Morning with breath like wine?
Wade, bare feet! In my wide morass
Starry marigolds shine.
With her laughing looks aglow!
Run, bare feet! In my fragrant grass
Golden buttercups blow.
O twilight hour of dreams!
Rest, bare feet, by my lake of glass,
Where the mirrored sunset gleams.
With the gold bedimmed by care.
Little they wis that the barefoot lass
Is the only millionaire.