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

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H. W. Stewart

From “Tasmanian Sketches”

IN the shimmering heat

Of the noon-day sun

The parched purple hills

Kneel to snow-crowned Ben Lomond,

Holding out supplicant hands,

Craving a morsel of healing snow.

God-like, austere, unbending

Ben Lomond stands,

Deaf to their prayers.