Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). The New Poetry: An Anthology. 1917.
The Ancient SingerAgnes Lee
From “Sleep Poems”
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They sing it stave on stave,
They sing it loud, they sing it long,
New voices, voices brave.
Is over every sea;
And some are great enough to sing,
And some have missed the key.
Upon an old highway,
And sing the sleeping centuries
Whose dreams are towers today.