Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). The New Poetry: An Anthology. 1917.
Night and Morning Songs
By Gordon Bottomley
DawnA
With a snail-shell in its beak;
A small bird hangs from a cherry
Until the stern shall break.
No waking song has begun,
And yet birds chatter and hurry
And throng in the elm’s gloom
Because an owl goes home.