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Louis Untermeyer, ed. (1885–1977). Modern American Poetry. 1919.

Gelett Burgess1866–1951

On Digital Extremities

A Poem, and a Gem it Is!

I’D rather have Fingers than Toes;

I’d rather have Ears than a Nose;

And as for my Hair,

I’m Glad it’s All There;

I’ll be Awfully Sad when it Goes!