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

First Autumn

Jessica Nelson North

From “At Night”

ALL in our pearl-pale window

The moon’s aroma hung.

My love and I together

Our heads upon one pillow,

Looked out where an elm upflung

A branch like a peacock feather.

Heigho, first autumn weather!