Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). The New Poetry: An Anthology. 1917.
On Hampstead Heath
By Wilfrid Wilson Gibson
A
His scarlet tunic burns;
And livelier than the green sap’s mantling glee
The spring fire tingles through him headily
As quivering he turns
Of youth and April weather;
While she, with half-breathed jests that, sobbing, fail,
Sits, tight-lipped, quaking, eager-eyed and pale
Beneath her purple feather.