Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). The New Poetry: An Anthology. 1917.
Decoration for ValorHortense Flexner
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While the General pins the medal on his coat,
May be thinking of a frame house
On Kelley Avenue in South Bend,
Or of the misery of having everyone look at him
While the trumpets blare.
But if I should ask him if he remembered
Curtius of Rome,
Or Childe Roland,
Or the Stainless Knight,
He would shake his head awkwardly
And say,
“No ma’am.”