Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). The New Poetry: An Anthology. 1917.
SyncrasyA. A. Rosenthal
I
Wind-throated and rain-tuned.
You are the player,
Wise as the world.
What sorrows must I echo
From your honied lips
To learn the sweetness of pain?
What lachrymations must I silver
To learn the bitterness of love?
Waiting and silent.
You are the player,
Searching your heart.