Contents -BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD

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

Moses

Morris Abel Beer

BEHOLD the hoary patriarch on Grand Street! Not a whim

Nor idle pleasantry of mine—it’s Moses—look at him!

From Sinai’s mount he brought the Law in ages long ago,

And now he traffics candles here to keep the world aglow.