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Jessie B. Rittenhouse, ed. (1869–1948). The Little Book of Modern Verse. 1917.

Hermann Hagedorn

Song Is So Old

SONG is so old,

Love is so new—

Let me be still

And kneel to you.

Let me be still

And breathe no word,

Save what my warm blood

Sings unheard.

Let my warm blood

Sing low of you—

Song is so fair,

Love is so new!