Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). The New Poetry: An Anthology. 1917.
To H. D.Frances Gregg
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Sea-mist, the spring,
The blossoming of trees,
The wind,
Giver-of-Dreams.
Then—
A wistful silence guarded you about,
As in the spring
Iris and anemone are guarded.
And like a flame
Your beauty burned and wrought me
Into a bell,
Whose single note
Was echo of your silence.
Now—
You sing.
And I, muted,
Yet vibrate throughout,
Stirred by your hymn’s immemorial burden;
“Spare us from loveliness!”