Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). The New Poetry: An Anthology. 1917.
InterludeRichard Aldington
B
On your reedy whistle.
dancing,
White girls,
lithe girls
In linked dance
From Attica!
Gay girls dancing
in the frozen street,
Hair streaming, and white raiment
Flying,
Red lips that first were
Red in Ephesus.
You—red-nose, piping by the Red Lion,
You?
You brought them!
Here, take my pennies,
“Mon semblable, mon frère!”