Glenn Ward Dresbach. The Dreamers. Harriet Monroe, ed. Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. 1912-22

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

The Dreamers

By Glenn Ward Dresbach


WAR gnawed the bones of nations; Hunger went
Into the hearts and souls of people. Then
The dreamers called their tenderest dreams and sent
Them out to stay the carnage of brave men …
Back to the dreamers came the dreams’ lament,	5
“Oh, take your swords, that we may live again!”