| Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. 1912–22. | | | | Velvet Shoes | | By Elinor Wylie |
| | From “Still Colors”
LET us walk in the white snow | |
| In a soundless space; | |
| With footsteps quiet and slow, | |
| At a tranquil pace, | |
| Under veils of white lace. | 5 |
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| I shall go shod in silk, | |
| And you in wool, | |
| White as a white cow’s milk, | |
| More beautiful | |
| Than the breast of a gull. | 10 |
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| We shall walk through the still town | |
| In a windless peace; | |
| We shall step upon white down, | |
| Upon silver fleece, | |
| Upon softer than these. | 15 |
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| We shall walk in velvet shoes: | |
| Wherever we go | |
| Silence will fall like dews | |
| On white silence below. | |
| We shall walk in the snow. | 20 | | | |
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