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

Deserted

William H. Simpson

From “In Hopi-land and Other Lands”

THE DOOR is open—

But knocks no one.

Paths there are,

Yet no feet run.

Have you forgotten—

You, who were love’s home—

As the nest forgets,

When the wee birds roam?