Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). The New Poetry: An Anthology. 1917.
MarriedFlorence Kiper Frank
From “Women”
Studies in the Erotic Emotion
“I
You were lost; she was near.
Oh, believe this of me, dear!”
Love’s a twisted, bitter thing.
I must cling
To some inner fact of trust:
I’ve your child here. I must
Say it to my sickening youth,
‘It’s the truth!’”