Contents -BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD

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

Americus

Florence Ripley Mastin

A LITTLE pulse throbbed in his throat

When he recited. Homely things,

Wee thoughts like grubs, had fairy wings

For him. His dark eyes held the sun—

Mystical; in a room unlit,

He was my taper. And the tune

Of his voice was like the laugh in June

Of a child surprised with loveliness!