| Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. 1912–22. | | | | The Merchant | | By Salomón de la Selva |
| | From “Two Spanish Folk-songs”
LITTLE ants in a double row, | |
| One for coming and one for going, | |
| Do you know what the market’s doing? | |
| No, but the way the wind is blowing! | |
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| Little ants in a double row, | 5 |
| An’ you never heard of market things? | |
| Never a whit nor a two-pence worth, | |
| For when it’s the rain, then we grow wings, | |
| And take them off to be ants again | |
| When the cricket sings! | 10 |
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| Little ants in a double row, | |
| I am tired of buying and selling: | |
| I wish I were an ant like you! | |
| Brother, there is no telling! | | | | |
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