Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). The New Poetry: An Anthology. 1917.
When You Come
By Mary Aldis
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To our small room
You will look and listen—
I shall not be there.
To the unheeding gods;
You will wait and look and listen—
I shall not be there.
More than your hands in mine at rest;
There is a part of you I love
More than your lips upon my breast.
Even in my caress;
There is a part of you withheld
I may not possess.
Your need of me
When you would be alone,
Alone and free.
To our small room
You will look and listen—
I shall not be there.