Contents -BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD

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

Carolyn Wells1862–1942

The Spelling Lesson

WHEN Venus said: “Spell no for me,”

“N-O,” Dan Cupid wrote with glee,

And smiled at his success;

“Ah, child,” said Venus, laughing low,

“We women do not spell it so,

We spell it Y-E-S.”