[PW] Unidentified Poem

[Borg, Matthew]

Google Books suggets it is part of a collection of poetry published in 1937 called American Women Poets edited by Margery Mansfield.

Here is the search results page;

http://books.google.com/books?q=%22I+too+wear+a+mask+of+joy%22&btnG=Search+Books

However, I can't seem to find any more information than this.  It does appear for sale at a number of online second hand stores, 

http://www.tomfolio.com/bookdetailsmem.asp?book=2515&mem=134 for e.g.

Frustratingly, I can't seem to identify the title of the poem, so I think I am stuck here.  Others may have more success...

Matt



-----Original Message-----
From: project-wombat-bounces at lists.project-wombat.org [mailto:project-wombat-bounces at lists.project-wombat.org] On Behalf Of Kyle Thomas
Sent: 15 January 2008 15:17
To: list at project-wombat.org
Subject: [PW] Unidentified Poem

Hello all.
   
  A young lady came into the library yesterday looking for a particular poem.  
   
  Here is the information that she gave me:
   
  A line from the poem she remembers:
  "I too wear a mask of joy
  Little lonely Christmas tree"
   
  Words in the poem she remembers:
  velvet
  tinselled
   
  She copied it from a book of poetry she received from her grandmother.  She has since lost the copied poem and the book.  She thinks the books of poetry was published in the 1960's.  It was pink with cream/white lettering and the book had a simple title.  The poems from the books were divided into chapters with titles like Thanksgiving, Christmas, and love.  
   
  I have not been able to find a thing.
   
  Thanks,
  Kyle Thomas
  Reference Librarian

       
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