Jessie B. Rittenhouse, ed. (1869–1948). The Second Book of Modern Verse. 1922.

Tampico

OH, cut me reeds to blow upon,

Or gather me a star,

But leave the sultry passion-flowers

Growing where they are.

I fear their sombre yellow deeps,

Their whirling fringe of black,

And he who gives a passion-flower

Always asks it back.