| Jessie B. Rittenhouse, ed. (1869–1948). The Second Book of Modern Verse. 1922. |
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| A Nun |
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| ONE glance and I had lost her in the riot | |
| Of tangled cries. | |
| She trod the clamor with a cloistral quiet | |
| Deep in her eyes | |
| As though she heard the muted music only | 5 |
| That silence makes | |
| Among dim mountain summits and on lonely | |
| Deserted lakes. | |
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| There is some broken song her heart remembers | |
| From long ago, | 10 |
| Some love lies buried deep, some passion’s embers | |
| Smothered in snow, | |
| Far voices of a joy that sought and missed her | |
| Fail now, and cease … | |
| And this has given the deep eyes of God’s sister | 15 |
| Their dreadful peace. | |
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