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

The Idiot

David Osborne Hamilton

From “Hoofs and Haloes”

WHEN earth was madly green he lay

And mocked his shadow’s dancing feet,

Or from his laughter ran away

To watch the poppies burn the wheat.

But when the frozen leaves whirled by

And colored birds were blown afar,

He climbed the bitter winter sky

And hanged himself upon a star.