Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). The New Poetry: An Anthology. 1917.
A Mocking-birdWitter Bynner
From “Presences”
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He darts and sings;
Then with a sudden skimming dive
Of striped wings
He finds a pine and, debonair,
Makes with his mate
All birds that ever rested there
Articulate.
Of happy wings
Is round him, a returning brood,
Each time he sings.
Though heaven be not for them or him
Yet he is wise,
And daily tiptoes on the rim
Of paradise.