| Louis Untermeyer, ed. (1885–1977). Modern American Poetry. 1919. |
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| Alter Brody. 1895– |
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| 131. Searchlights |
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| TINGLING shafts of light, | |
| Like gigantic staffs | |
| Brandished by blind, invisible hands, | |
| Cross and recross each other in the sky, | |
| Frantically— | 5 |
| Groping among the stars—stubbing themselves against the bloated clouds— | |
| Tapping desperately for a sure foothold | |
| In the fluctuating mists. | |
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| Calm-eyed and inaccessible | |
| The stars peer through the blue fissures of the sky, | 10 |
| Unperturbed among the panic of scurrying beams; | |
| Twinkling with a cold, acrid merriment. | |
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