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

Songs of a Girl

By Mary Carolyn Davies

I
PERHAPS,

God, planting Eden,

Dropped, by mistake, a seed

In Time’s neighbor-plot,

That grew to be

This hour?

II
You and I picked up Life and looked at it curiously;

We did not know whether to keep it for a plaything or not.

It was beautiful to see, like a red firecracker,

And we knew, too, that it was lighted.

We dropped it while the fuse was still burning …

III
I am going to die too, flower, in a little while—

Do not be so proud.

IV
The sun is dying

Alone

On an island

In the bay.

Close your eyes, poppies—

I would not have you see death.

You are so young!

V
The sun falls

Like a drop of blood

From some hero.

We,

Who love pain,

Delight in this.