Contents -BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD

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

Amy Lowell1874–1925

Two Lacquer Prints

ONCE, in the sultry heat of midsummer,

An Emperor caused the miniature mountains in his garden

To be covered with white silk,

That so crowned,

They might cool his eyes

With the sparkle of snow.

A wise man,

Watching the stars pass across the sky,

Remarked:

In the upper air the fireflies move more slowly.