Jeanne D'Orge. The Beggar. Harriet Monroe, ed. Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. 1912-22

Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. 1912–22.

The Beggar

By Jeanne D’Orge


A LITTLE piece of your mantle, kind God …
… to cover me….
Out here in the open
The winds of Time blow death.
The world is a fiery sun	5
Beating upon my head.
I faint….
A piece of your mantle …
… a scrap … a single thread
Of the Eternal …	10
… will keep me….
Thank you, kind God!