Louis Untermeyer, ed. (1885–1977). Modern American Poetry. 1919.
Carl Sandburg18781967Grass
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Shovel them under and let me work—
I am the grass; I cover all.
And pile them high at Ypres and Verdun.
Shovel them under and let me work.
Two years, ten years, and passengers ask the conductor:
What place is this?
Where are we now?
Let me work.