| Jessie B. Rittenhouse, ed. (1869–1948). The Second Book of Modern Verse. 1922. |
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| Trees |
| | | Joyce Kilmer (1886–1918) |
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| I THINK that I shall never see | |
| A poem lovely as a tree. | |
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| A tree whose hungry mouth is prest | |
| Against the earth’s sweet flowing breast; | |
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| A tree that looks at God all day, | 5 |
| And lifts her leafy arms to pray; | |
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| A tree that may in summer wear | |
| A nest of robins in her hair; | |
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| Upon whose bosom snow has lain; | |
| Who intimately lives with rain. | 10 |
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| Poems are made by fools like me, | |
| But only God can make a tree. | |
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