| Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. 1912–22. | | | | Epilogue | | By Helen Birch-Bartlett |
| | From “A Line-a-day for Certain Lovers”
BLUE-PURPLE, | |
| The shadow of the earth | |
| Circles the long horizon. | |
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| My life is circled | |
| By the shadow of your love. | 5 |
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| Blue-purple out there, | |
| And over the blue | |
| A rose-pink mist that rises— | |
| That rising, fades. | |
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| No frail, flushed aureole | 10 |
| Crowns the shadow in my heart…. | |
| Unless this: | |
| That you suffer a little and are often alone | |
| Because of your love | |
| That breathed upon such a pale flame. | 15 | | | |
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