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

The Silence Stirs Again

Marion Strobel

From “Song Sketches”

THE SILENCE that has lain so long between us

Stirs again:

The rushes bend in shining pathways

To the shining end;

The air is burdened with the rose that is not there—

Always the rose.

I have no laughter now, no tears—

Only the silence grows big with years,

Only the silence has a touch

That hurts overmuch.

The rushes bend

In shining pathways to the shining end;

Bend, and close.