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

Sweetpeas

Margaret McKenny

ALL flowers in my garden

Are free

Except the wayward sweetpeas;

And they,

Out of love and gratitude,

Have forged tiny green chains,

And chained themselves

To my lattice

And to my heart.