David O'Neil. The Ascent. Harriet Monroe, ed. Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. 1912-22

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

The Ascent

By David O’Neil


From “Moods and Moments” WITH following the paths that ascend
I have lost the sense of my dwarfish stature;
Lost the sense of the city’s bigness
As it dwindles to mosaics;
Lost the sense of the teeming streets	5
As they dwindle into threads;
Lost the sense of the cultivated foothills,
As they dwindle into a faded quilt—
With following the paths that ascend!