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

The Painted Saint in the Wood

M. Lyster

THERE is a saint in love with God,

That I often sit and watch

In the wood; and I cannot believe him,

For I love what I see and touch.

Yesterday at this time

Some heavy carts passed by;

One peasant sang, as he passed,

A wandering melody.

I was sitting and watching the saint

Painted in white and red—

I shall not understand him

Till I am dead.