| Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. 1912–22. | | | | The Debt | | By Jessie MacDonald |
| | | GOD, take my hand | |
| And understand: | |
| I have it here, the lovely gift; | |
| I cannot lift | |
| My fluttering eyes, | 5 |
| Without receiving there, anew, | |
| Surprise; | |
| I cannot part my lips— | |
| Your breath between them slips. | |
| My ears awake | 10 |
| Fair noises take. | |
| Ah, all of me unites, | |
| And wraps round thy delights. | |
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| God, take my hand, | |
| And understand: | 15 |
| I cannot pay the lovely gift— | |
| I am adrift. | |
| My tearful eyes, | |
| In spite of all the light they would | |
| Devise, | 20 |
| Betray my laughing lips, | |
| Where thankful utterance trips. | |
| Yet, for your sake, | |
| The gift I take— | |
| Take, but can give no grace | 25 |
| Here in my lonely place. | | | | |
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