Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). The New Poetry: An Anthology. 1917.
Spring in ChinaElizabeth J. Coatsworth
From “Vermilion Seals”
T
Beside brown streams.
It is embroidered over with flowering trees—
Plum, peach and apricot.
Her sleeves are scented wondrously;
Her hair is unbound in the wind.
Even the moon is so enamoured
That ere dusk he climbs the stairs of heaven to behold her.