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Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). The New Poetry: An Anthology. 1917.

To Earth

Charles R. Murphy

OH, fortunate the waiting that shall end in wonder,

And blessed now the patience that is in thy biding;

For now are the herded clouds and the wild rain’s thunder

Over the roof of thy quiet seeds’ hiding.

We too, O earth, shall need thy blessedness of waiting

For the green flowering of pastures, when the panting

Storm shall cease; though blood be the rain that is abating,

And men be the seeds of our wild planting.