The Mind
VII. I have heard the sunset song of the birches
From War Is Kind (1899)
The Mind
"I have heard the sunset song of the
birches,
"A white melody in the silence,
"I have seen a quarrel of the pines.
"At nightfall
"The little grasses have rushed by me
"With the wind men.
"These things have I lived," quoth the
maniac,
"Possessing only eyes and ears.
"But you--
"You don green spectacles before you look at roses."
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MLA
Crane, Stephen. “VII. I have heard the sunset song of the birches.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/crane/76/.
Chicago
Crane, Stephen. “VII. I have heard the sunset song of the birches.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/crane/76/.
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