Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). The New Poetry: An Anthology. 1917.
SparrowGeorge ONeil
From “Wings of Spring”
O
What is the world to you?
No vast place of unseen pressing things
Designed by hidden gods;
Just light, and warmth,
And air to beat your wings upon!
And that wet green bough
Sparkling in the sun,
Where you are fluttering—
Is that your heaven?