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

Compensation

Richard Aldington

AS I dozed in a chilly dug-out

I dreamt that Li-Taï-Pé, the sage,

And Sappho, the divine Lesbian,

And Abou-Nawas, the friend of Khalifs,

Came to me saying:

“There can be no death of beauty;

Endure—we also suffered.”

And for a token of their love they gave me

A gold chrysanthemum, a fiery rose,

And a cleft-open, dew-wet nectarine.