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

Repetitions

Carl Sandburg

From “My People”

THEY are crying salt tears

Over the beautiful beloved body

Of Inez Milholland,

Because they are glad she lived,

Because she loved open-armed,

Throwing love for a cheap thing

Belonging to everybody—

Cheap like sunlight,

And morning air.