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

The Traitor

Max Michelson

HE knew the lady’s half-mocking, half-regretful smile,

Fluttering like one of the sweet-pea petals,

Had been fertilized by the sweat and blood of her husband’s vest-workers.

Yet his eyes resented the intrusion

Of firm matter-of-fact chins of servants.