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

The Priesthood

Yvor Winters

WE stand apart

That men may see

The lines about our eyes.

We perish, we

Who die in art,

With that surprise

Of one who speaks

To us and knows

Wherein he lies.