Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). The New Poetry: An Anthology. 1917.
Candle-lightAlice Corbin
From “Candle-light and Sun”
I
With the shutters closed,
Lying straight and slim
In the shuttered dusk,
In the twilight dim;
Like a silken husk
When the corn is gone,
Life withdrawn.
I am living, and she is dead—
It might have been me instead.