Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). The New Poetry: An Anthology. 1917.
With ChildFlorence Kiper Frank
From “New Life”
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Moving as the dumb, tamed animals move, ploddingly,
Burdened, burdened;
Knowing ahead of me the iron pain—yet am I dumb and patient.
A stillness is thick and heavy upon me …
Waiting …
Sudden I am smitten with terror—
How shall I carry the burden of a soul!