| Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. 1912–22. | | | | Peter Parasol | | By Wallace Stevens |
| | From “Pecksniffiana”
Aux taureaux Dieu cornes donne | |
| Et sabots durs aux chevaux…. | |
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| Why are not women fair, | |
| All, as Andromache— | |
| Having, each one, most praisable | 5 |
| Ears, eyes, soul, skin, hair? | |
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| Good God! That all beasts should have | |
| The tusks of the elephant, | |
| Or be beautiful | |
| As large, ferocious tigers are. | 10 |
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| It is not so with women. | |
| I wish they were all fair, | |
| And walked in fine clothes, | |
| With parasols, in the afternoon air. | | | | |
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