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

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

Shadow Faces

By William H. Simpson


From “In Hopi-land and Other Lands” AN OLD and almost forgotten album,
Housing faded pictures.

Turning again its pages,
And looking at those shadow faces—
Suddenly, I know,	5
As if a low voice had spoken,
That youth has departed,
Broken-hearted.