Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). The New Poetry: An Anthology. 1917.
The Tragedienne
By Zoë Akins
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Grey is the day and grey the tide,
Far-off the sea-gulls wheel and cry—
A storm draws near upon the tide;
To winds that from the desert sweep,
And prisoned Arab women weep
Below the domes and minarets;
Stand broken columns in a line
About a cold forgotten shrine,
Beneath a moon in Thessaly:
So desolate as your tragic face.