Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). The New Poetry: An Anthology. 1917.
SpringEunice Tietjens, trans.
From “Modern Greek Popular Songs”
From Antonin Proust’s French version
From Antonin Proust’s French version
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Yesterday, returning from the isles, I passed before her window. She was watering her basil, she was giving to drink to her flower of mint.
She cut a spray of basil, she cut a flower of mint; and she gave them me.
Sleep no more, my heart! March and May are come; the swallows return; and the doves, two and two, descend to the fountain.