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Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). The New Poetry: An Anthology. 1917.

The Mask

Alice Corbin

From “Candle-light and Sun”

DEATH is a beautiful white mask,

That slips over the face, when the moment comes,

To hide the happiness of the soul.