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Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). The New Poetry: An Anthology. 1917.

Trees

William H. Simpson

From “Along Old Trails”

YOU root deep,

And reach skyward.

Something you say to me

That is under the earth.

Something you say to me

That is over the earth.

What it is,

Perhaps the closed eyes know.

What it is,

Maybe the folded wings know.