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

A Song of Solomon

KING SOLOMON was the wisest man

Of all that have been kings.

He built an House unto the Lord;

And he sang of creeping things.

Of creeping things, of things that fly,

Or swim within the seas;

Of the little weed along the wall,

And of the cedar-trees.

And happier he, without mistake,

Than all men since alive.

God’s House he built; and he did make

A thousand songs and five.