Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). The New Poetry: An Anthology. 1917.
My Purple Gown from TyreBenjamin Rosenbaum
From “Songs of Youth”
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Are crowded close at my feet.
Whitethroats and warblers
Are weaving a trail between the trees
And cobalt-golden sky.
Now I’ll mount Ole Tony and ride
The rolling fields!
Old Ninevah’s riches will be around me,
And my overalls will be
My purple gown from Tyre!