Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). The New Poetry: An Anthology. 1917.
ResolveLouise Bogan
From “Beginning and End”
S
The bright steel of your power,
I shall be hardened against you,
A shield tightened upon its rim.
Metal stretched and shaped against you.
For a long time I shall go
Spanned by the round of my strength.
My resolve undefeated;
Though now I see the evening moon, soon to wane,
Stand clearly and alone in the early dark,
Above the stirring spindles of the leaves.