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

Sleep

Emanuel Carnevali

From “Neuriade”

AT the bottom of the abyss of sleep

A black cradle rocks.

Pain, slight, with evanescent fingers

Pushes it.

Under the cradle is earth,

To cover and stifle you.