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

For All Ladies of Shalott

Aline Kilmer

THE WEB flew out and floated wide:

Poor lady!—I was with her then.

She gathered up her piteous pride,

But she could never weave again.

The mirror cracked from side to side;

I saw its silver shadows go:

“The curse has come on me!” she cried.

Poor lady!—I had told her so.

She was so proud, she would not hide;

She only laughed and tried to sing.

But singing in her song she died;

She did not profit anything.