| William Stanley Braithwaite, ed. (1878–1962). Anthology of Magazine Verse for 1920. 1920. |
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| They That Dwell in Shadow |
| | | Howard Mumford Jones |
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| THEY that dwell in shadow | |
| Perpetually roam | |
| In leagues of spectral meadow, | |
| By phantom miles of foam. | |
| Their lives are very weary, | 5 |
| And yet they cannot die, | |
| Leave their sea-beaches dreary, | |
| Or change that bitter sky. | |
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| They that dwell in shadow, | |
| They twitter like dry leaves | 10 |
| In talk along the meadow, | |
| And none is glad, or grieves. | |
| They whisper, whisper only, | |
| And no man, save he dwell | |
| Beside those sea waves lonely | 15 |
| Knows what it is they tell. | |
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| They that dwell in shadow | |
| Are neither good nor bad; | |
| Their hearts are like the meadow, | |
| Monotonous and sad. | 20 |
| The world has died around them, | |
| The skies are blank above: | |
| I happened there and found them— | |
Their whispers were of love.
The Midland, A Magazine of the Middle West | |
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