Louis Untermeyer, ed. (1885–1977). Modern American Poetry. 1919.
Henry Cuyler Bunner1855–1896A Pitcher of Mignonette
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In a tenement’s highest casement,—
Queer sort of flower-pot—yet
That pitcher of mignonette
Is a garden in heaven set,
To the little sick child in the basement—
The pitcher of mignonette,
In a tenement’s highest casement.