Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). The New Poetry: An Anthology. 1917.

The Old Woman

AS a white candle

In a holy place,

So is the beauty

Of an agèd face.

As the spent radiance

Of the winter sun,

So is a woman

With her travail done.

Her brood gone from her,

And her thoughts as still

As the waters

Under a ruined mill.