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Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). The New Poetry: An Anthology. 1917.

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Edna Wahlert McCourt

From “Voices”

A Musician speaks:
HOW can one sky hold night and day,

Sun and snow?

How can one heart hold love and passion,

Friend and foe?

How can one rose hold flower and thorn,

Bloom and death?

How can music hold these and more?—

Is it God’s breath?