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

Invocation

Margaret DeLaughter

From “In the Night Watches”

KWAN-YIN, mother of mercies,

Kwan-yin, goddess of prayer,

Hear my voice at thine altar,

Heed my foot on the stair!

Lo, the rice-bowl is empty;

Toa-tai smiles no more.

Sorrow lurks at our roof-tree,

Ruin waits at the door.

Kwan-yin, mother of mercies,

Kwan-yin, goddess of prayer,

Hear my voice at thine altar,

Heed my foot on the stair!