| Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. 1912–22. | | | | Dead Men Tell No Tales | | By Haniel Long |
| | From “On the Road”
They say that dead men tell no tales! | |
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| Except of barges with red sails | |
| And sailors mad for nightingales; | |
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| Except of jongleurs stretched at ease | |
| Beside old highways through the trees; | 5 |
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| Except of dying moons that break | |
| The hearts of lads who lie awake; | |
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| Except of fortresses in shade, | |
| And heroes crumbled and betrayed. | |
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| But dead men tell no tales, they say! | 10 |
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| Except old tales that burn away | |
| The stifling tapestries of day: | |
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| Old tales of life, of love and hate, | |
| Of time and space, and will, and fate. | | | | |
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