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

The Museum

Grace Hazard Conkling

From “Out of Mexico”

FROM the shadow of an inner arch looks down a god:

Condor-fringe binds his temples,

And his mouth is that of a serpent.

Intent,

He peers between square eyelids

To watch Lupe, the flower-girl from the cathedral steps,

Sell me jasmin del Gran Duque.