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

Death

Max Michelson

From “Masks”

ONE comes to me every day—

Gentle, tactful, and of

Admirable dignity.

He is friendly though not wheedling,

He wants me to know him.

Sometimes he touches my arm,

Or even presses it impulsively.