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

Salutation

Ezra Pound

O GENERATION of the thoroughly smug

and thoroughly uncomfortable,

I have seen fishermen picnicking in the sun,

I have seen them with untidy families,

I have seen their smiles full of teeth

and heard ungainly laughter.

And I am happier than you are,

And they were happier than I am;

And the fish swim in the lake

and do not even own clothing.