166. After the Martyrdom by Scharmel Iris. Monroe, Harriet, ed. 1917. The New Poetry: An Anthology

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

166. After the Martyrdom

By Scharmel Iris


THEY threw a stone, you threw a stone,
I threw a stone that day.
Although their sharpness bruised his flesh
He had no word to say.

But for the moan he did not make	5
To-day I make my moan;
And for the stone I threw at him
My heart must bear a stone.