Luxury
Is the fat worm, to be destroyed in the bud
If we would see the fruit perfect and sound,
Fit to feed hardy men and mothering women.


The Difference: And Other Poems, Including the Columbian Ode (1924 edition)

Harriet Monroe Quotes

Luxury Is the fat worm, to be destroyed in the bud If we would see the fruit perfect and sound, Fit to feed hardy men and mothering women.

Luxury Is the fat worm, to be destroyed in the bud If we would see the fruit perfect and sound, Fit to feed hardy men and mothering women.

Luxury Is the fat worm, to be destroyed in the bud If we would see the fruit perfect and sound, Fit to feed hardy men and mothering women.

Luxury Is the fat worm, to be destroyed in the bud If we would see the fruit perfect and sound, Fit to feed hardy men and mothering women.