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

Nocturne

G. Tucker Bispham

WHICH is the lovelier, between clear spaces of the lake and the night-sky,

The mountain edges against heaven, or shadow of the mountains in the water?

Which light more lovely; keen stars, burning big in the purple darkness,

Or star-shimmer in the depths—thin lines like wavering lanterns?