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The Second Book of Modern Verse; a Selection from the Work of Contemporaneous American Poets
Contents:
I
Order is a lovely thing;
On disarray it lays its wing,
Teaching simplicity to sing.
It has a meek and lowly grace,
Quiet as a nun’s face.
Lo — I will have thee in this place!
Tranquil well of deep delight,
Transparent as the water, bright —
All things that shine through thee appear
As stones through water, sweetly clear.
Thou clarity,
That with angelic charity
Revealest beauty where thou art,
Spread thyself like a clean pool.
Then all the things that in thee are
Shall seem more spiritual and fair,
Reflections from serener air —
Sunken shapes of many a star
In the high heavens set afar.
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Chicago:
Jessie Belle Rittenhouse, "I," The Second Book of Modern Verse; a Selection from the Work of Contemporaneous American Poets, ed. Keil, Heinrich, 1822-1894 and trans. Seaton, R. C. in The Second Book of Modern Verse; a Selection from the Work of Contemporaneous American Poets (New York: George E. Wood, 1850), Original Sources, accessed July 1, 2025, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=V6DZW1S1KZCYQ1U.
MLA:
Rittenhouse, Jessie Belle. "I." The Second Book of Modern Verse; a Selection from the Work of Contemporaneous American Poets, edited by Keil, Heinrich, 1822-1894, and translated by Seaton, R. C., in The Second Book of Modern Verse; a Selection from the Work of Contemporaneous American Poets, New York, George E. Wood, 1850, Original Sources. 1 Jul. 2025. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=V6DZW1S1KZCYQ1U.
Harvard:
Rittenhouse, JB, 'I' in The Second Book of Modern Verse; a Selection from the Work of Contemporaneous American Poets, ed. and trans. . cited in 1850, The Second Book of Modern Verse; a Selection from the Work of Contemporaneous American Poets, George E. Wood, New York. Original Sources, retrieved 1 July 2025, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=V6DZW1S1KZCYQ1U.
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