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1876–1944

XXXVIII

Helen Hay Whitney

Like little, eager children The tiptoe tulips stand, Row upon row of dancing heads In joyous saraband.

With lithe, long emerald petticoats, And happy hands tossed up, The sunshine is the laughter That brims their golden cup.

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