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

The Emperor’s Garden

Amy Lowell

From “Lacquer Prints”

ONCE, in the sultry heats of midsummer,

An emperor caused the miniature mountains in his garden

To be covered with white silk,

That so crowned

They might cool his eyes

With the sparkle of snow.