| Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. 1912–22. | | | | Kindness | | By Marion Strobel |
| | From “That Year”
PART the curtains gently— | |
| Let them fall | |
| In soft finalities of color | |
| After you. | |
| Let there be no certainty of doors | 5 |
| Between us: | |
| Part the curtains gently. | |
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| I hold out my hands | |
| And my life goes from me; | |
| I draw my thought | 10 |
| Through a profusion of vanities | |
| And am not comforted: | |
| I am a sleep-walker | |
| Within this sunlit room. | |
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| You have done as I have bidden you, | 15 |
| And the act is heavy | |
| With kindness. | |
| There is no certainty of doors | |
| Between us: | |
| I grope for a beginning, | 20 |
| Or an end. | | | | |
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