Contents -BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD

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

Encounter

Helen Hoyt

I HELD a violet in my hand

In the midst of the city,

And could not understand

My own pity.

Now was face to face

Littleness with the immensity of towers:

Strength was looking at grace;

The city sighing for lost woodland hours.