Contents -BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD

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

Admonition

Marion Strobel

COME quietly, without a word—

I am so tired of the things I’ve heard.

I am so tired of words that tear

At beauty till the branch is bare:

Of words that will not let beauty be

A sweet-clustered mystery.

As a Canterbury bell

Purse your lips, but do not tell.