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

The City at Midnight

Evelyn Scott

From “Tropical Life”

THE GOLDEN snow of the stars

Drifts in mounds of light,

Melts against the hot sides of the city:

Cool cheek against burning breast,

Cold golden snow falling all night.