| Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. 1912–22. | | | | Flood | | By Ida Judith Johnson |
| | | STEEDS— | |
| Giant stallions that froth and champ, | |
| Yellow plunging racers | |
| Leaping full at the barrier, | |
| Leaping full at the barrier! | 5 |
| The thick masonry trembles, crumbles; | |
| They surmount it— | |
| They rush on. | |
| While the village sleeps, | |
| Down the night-wind | 10 |
| Comes the thunder of their hoofs. | |
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| O charging steeds, | |
| Soon, satiated, | |
| You will be led back to your stalls; | |
| Your frenzy past, | 15 |
| Your tawny manes smoothly shining. | |
| Soon you will be led back, | |
| Fed fat on human desolation, | |
| Fed fat and tame. | | | | |
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