| Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). The New Poetry: An Anthology. 1917. |
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| 216. Spoon River Anthology |
| | | Ollie McGee |
| | | By Edgar Lee Masters |
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| HAVE you seen walking through the village | |
| A man with downcast eyes and haggard face? | |
| That is my husband who, by secret cruelty | |
| Never to be told, robbed me of my youth and my beauty; | |
| Till at last, wrinkled and with yellow teeth, | 5 |
| And with broken pride and shameful humility, | |
| I sank into the grave. | |
| But what think you gnaws at my husband’s heart? | |
| The face of what I was, the face of what he made me! | |
| These are driving him to the place where I lie. | 10 |
| In death, therefore, I am avenged. | |
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