Helen Louise Birch. A Voice Breaks in upon the Silence. Harriet Monroe, ed. Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. 1912-22

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

A Voice Breaks in upon the Silence

By Helen Louise Birch


From “Autumn Leaves” SWIFTLY,
Secretly,
Silently,
Winding through some unsensed aerial channel,
With subtle solace and challenging, it comes—	5
Suddenly I know that it is there:
“Alert—Alert—Arise!” . . . . . . . . .
Whatever the day bring forth, that will I greet—
Having drunk divinely, divinely, of the dawn!