Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). The New Poetry: An Anthology. 1917.
Beach SongPearl Andelson
From “From a Bay-window”
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They make sheer laces and drag them down.
They ruffle a lawn with a great grieving.
What are they making—what manner of gown?
Caught there, on the thin-washed blue?
Who is to be married or who is to be buried,
Under the water, under the water?