Florence Ripley Mastin. Americus. Harriet Monroe, ed. Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. 1912-22

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

Americus

By Florence Ripley Mastin


From “School Room Sketches” A LITTLE pulse throbbed in his throat
When he recited. Homely things,
Wee thoughts like grubs, had fairy wings
For him. His dark eyes held the sun—
Mystical; in a room unlit,	5
He was my taper. And the tune
Of his voice was like the laugh in June
Of a child surprised with loveliness!