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

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Helen Hoyt

From “The Harp”

I MUST stand on tiptoe to reach your lips,

I must stand on tiptoe in my soul to reach you,

To reach the height of my own love.

It is what I want—to have you tall.