| Hamilton Fish Armstrong, ed. The Book of New York Verse. 1917. | | | | At the Shrine | | By Richard Kendall Munkittrick |
| | | A PALE Italian peasant, | |
| Beside the dusty way, | |
| Upon this morning pleasant | |
| Kneels in the sun to pray. | |
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| Silent in her devotion, | 5 |
| With fervent glance she pleads; | |
| Her finger’s only motion, | |
| Telling her amber beads. | |
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| Dreaming of ilex bowers | |
| Beyond the purple brine | 10 |
| Once more she sees the flowers | |
| Bloom at the wayside shrine. | |
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| And, while the mad crowd jostles, | |
| She, with a visage sweet, | |
| Prays where the bisque apostles | 15 |
| Are sold on Barclay Street. | | | | |
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