279. A Song of Solomon by Josephine Preston Peabody. Monroe, Harriet, ed. 1917. The New Poetry: An Anthology

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

279. A Song of Solomon

By Josephine Preston Peabody


KING SOLOMON was the wisest man
Of all that have been kings.
He built an House unto the Lord;
And he sang of creeping things.

Of creeping things, of things that fly,	5
Or swim within the seas;
Of the little weed along the wall,
And of the cedar-trees.

And happier he, without mistake,
Than all men since alive.	10
God’s House he built; and he did make
A thousand songs and five.