| Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. 1912–22. | | | | Vernon Castle | | By Harriet Monroe |
| | Killed in the Aviation Service Feb. 15th, 1918.
DEAD dancer, how is this?—the laurel here | |
| Upon your bier? | |
| The brazen wings, the sword—and the shrill tone | |
| Of bugles blown? | |
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| Why do you wear, light-footed one—O proud!— | 5 |
| The flag for shroud? | |
| Where have you danced? from what high-spheréd dome | |
| Have you come home? | |
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| Bravo!—you trod the measure gallantly, | |
| Swiftly flew free! | 10 |
| Goodbye—perhaps your flight has just begun | |
| Under the sun. | | | | |
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