William H. Simpson. Burdens. Harriet Monroe, ed. Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. 1912-22

Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. 1912–22.

Burdens

By William H. Simpson


From “In Hopi-land and Other Lands” BURDEN of water jars,
Borne up steep trails;
Burden of babies,
Asleep in thonged cradles.

And a heaped-up load of loving,	5
Carried lightly,
Over all the trails
To the end of them.