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

A Gargoyle on Notre Dame

Edmund Kemper Broadus

WITH angel’s wings and brutish-human form,

Weathered with centuries of sun and storm,

He crouches yonder on the gallery wall,

Monstrous, superb, indifferent, cynical:

And all the pulse of Paris cannot stir

Her one immutable philosopher.