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

Jenice

May Thomas Milam

IF Jenice dies, who is as white

As apple blossoms blanched by night—

If Jenice dies, what shall I care

If there be beauty everywhere?

All beauty will be dead for me—

The silver moonlight on the sea,

The shining glory of the skies,

Will die for me if Jenice dies.