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

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E. Preston Dargan

ONE all against the world—

One undismayed, intact.

Shame when my flag is furled,

Death when I break my pact!

Life when I lonely strive,

Knowledge but of my own.

One lives who is alive,

One marches to the Throne.