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

America

Alice Corbin

I hear America singing

And the great prophet passed,

Serene, clear and untroubled

Into the silence vast.

When will the master-poet

Rise, with vision strong,

To mold her manifold music

Into a living song?

I hear America singing

Beyond the beat and stress,

The chant of her shrill, unjaded,

Empiric loveliness.

Laughter, beyond mere scorning,

Wisdom surpassing wit,

Love, and the unscathed spirit,

These shall encompass it.