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Louis Untermeyer, ed. (1885–1977). Modern British Poetry. 1920.

John Drinkwater1882–1937

Reciprocity

I DO not think that skies and meadows are

Moral, or that the fixture of a star

Comes of a quiet spirit, or that trees

Have wisdom in their windless silences.

Yet these are things invested in my mood

With constancy, and peace, and fortitude;

That in my troubled season I can cry

Upon the wide composure of the sky,

And envy fields, and wish that I might be

As little daunted as a star or tree.