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

Apellate Jurisdiction

Marianne Moore

From “Pouters and Fantails”

FRAGMENTS of sin are a part of me.

New brooms shall sweep clean the heart of me.

Shall they? Shall they?

When this light life shall have passed away,

God shall redeem me, a castaway.

Shall He? Shall He?