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

Candle-light

Alice Corbin

IT might have been me in the darkened room

With the shutters closed,

Lying straight and slim

In the shuttered dusk,

In the twilight dim;

Like a silken husk

When the corn is gone,

Life withdrawn.

I am living, and she is dead—

It might have been me instead.