| William Stanley Braithwaite, ed. (1878–1962). Anthology of Magazine Verse for 1920. 1920. |
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| Spring Cowardice |
| | | Leonora Speyer |
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| I AM afraid to go into the woods, | |
| I fear the trees and their mad, green moods. | |
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| I fear the breezes that pull at my sleeves, | |
| The creeping arbutus beneath the leaves, | |
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| And the brook that mocks me with wild, wet words: | 5 |
| I stumble and fall at the voice of birds. | |
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| Think of the terror of those swift showers, | |
| Think of the meadows of fierce-eyed flowers: | |
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| And the little things with sudden wings | |
| That buzz about me and dash and dart, | 10 |
| And the lilac waiting to break my heart! | |
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| Winter, hide me in your kind snow, | |
I am a coward, a coward, I know!
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