Contents -BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD

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

Strength

Eda Lou Walton

GOD says to the sea

Again and again,

“Come back to the shore;”

And again and again to the moon,

“Once more

Slip over the dune;”

And with each night done,

“Rise again,”

To the sun.

He makes every daisy

Separately.

For each bird’s song more

Claps an encore

From his balcony floor.

Can it be

God alone has strength to exult

In monotony?