Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). The New Poetry: An Anthology. 1917.
The Tiny MaidenSalomón de la Selva
From “Two Spanish Folk-songs”
I
They say, “She’s so young!”
I can’t bear it, mother,
So I sing this song.
Little babies bear;
I am almost twenty,
For this I despair.
They say, “She’s so young!”
I can’t bear it, mother,
So I sing this song.
And I am of age,
God grant me for lover
The king’s little page!