Contents -BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD

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

The Recluse

Maria Elmendorf Lillie

AS evening creeps within the sheltered glade,

Trees turn to emerald, water to jade;

And on a branch a milk-white heron sits,

With drooping wings, silent and unafraid:

Like a great truth, within the gathering night,

Whose faint reflection streaks the depths with light.