Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). The New Poetry: An Anthology. 1917.
Frightened FaceMarion Strobel
From “Song Sketches”
C
Trying to understand
The little bit of love
Under your hand,
Under fingers that crush
That which is soft as the
Throat of a thrush,
The wonder of the thing,
Crushing out the song that
Wanted to sing:
Why do your fingers try
To kill the little love?
Soon it would die.