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

Sir Hobbledehoy

Alfred Kreymborg

HAIL, all hail, Sir Hobbledehoy,

Smashing pretty white homes

And pretty white lives

And pretty white dreams

And pretty white skies!

Hail, all hail, Sir Hobbledehoy,

Painting pretty red seas

And pretty red fields

And pretty red sins

And pretty red lies!

Hail, all hail, Sir Hobbledehoy,

Shaping pretty white stones,

Such big pretty, small pretty,

Round pretty, tall pretty—

Shaping such mountains of beautiful stones!