Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). The New Poetry: An Anthology. 1917.
Portrait of an Old RouéHi Simons
From “Incidentals”
T
Thrust tiny red roots
Among the cell-crevices of his face.
Now their minute purple tendrils
Trace, on his cheeks and nose,
Vine-patterns as intricately beautiful
As his fastidious iniquities.