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Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). The New Poetry: An Anthology. 1917.

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Grace Hazard Conkling

From “Songs for Places”
Old Mexico

DUSK, and the far volcano wears

A film of sunset sky.

The valley glimmers like the sea,

And little winds go by.

The jasmine flower upon my breast

Is an insistent word,

But patiently my stubborn heart

Pretends it has not heard.