Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). The New Poetry: An Anthology. 1917.
The Ilex TreeAgnes Lee
From “Sleep Poems”
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And slept? The doorway’s lintel, ambered, rosed
With age, overlooks a stunted ilex tree
Grown in the middle path. Its branches guard
The house in silence, or with green dark gesture
Spreading protection, whisper pleadingly:
“The past is asleep behind the lambrequin.
Do not go in. The door is closed.”