Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). The New Poetry: An Anthology. 1917.
NoontimeFrederick R. McCreary
From “Hillside Poems”
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Locusts goading the heat
Quivering over the hay-fields;
Yet the men arise from half-eaten dinners
And hood canvas over the stacks—
The full tawny breasts of the hayfields—
For the first dark finger of lust
Is pointing over a steeple
Far in the distance.