Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). The New Poetry: An Anthology. 1917.
Human ChordsDavid O’Neil
From “Moods and Moments”
H
From the strings,
He gave life
To the strings;
As feeling draws life from words,
Gives life to words.
A fragment of life
Died away with each strain,
But something it awakened
Endures.