| Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. 1912–22. | | | | The Lilies of France | | By Louise Ayres Garnett |
| | From “Flowers of War” (J. F. S.) FRANCE’S lilies are tall and white, | |
| Brave as the dawn, calm as the night; | |
| And fragrantly they sway above | |
| The quiet head of one I love. | |
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| Unceasingly these fadeless flowers | 5 |
| Hasten their bloom through the war-swept hours, | |
| And many a lad shall have their foam | |
| Washing with peace his new-found home. | |
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| O France’s lilies are tall with pride, | |
| Flooding the slopes of the western side. | 10 |
| It comforts me they sway above | |
| The quiet head of one I love. | | | | |
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