| Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. 1912–22. | | | | Portrait of a Lady | | By Marjorie Allen Seiffert |
| | From “Gallery of Paintings”
GOOD morning, madam, in your sleepy brown hair— | |
| Twist yourself awake, blink and stare! | |
| I am lying on the floor, | |
| With the old rose-red | |
| Dressing-gown you wore | 5 |
| When you went to bed. | |
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| Don’t look stupid with your drowsy blue eyes— | |
| Here by the bed is your disguise! | |
| You’re a gentle wife | |
| And a tender mother, | 10 |
| And all your life | |
| You shall be no other. | |
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| Life is a shawl to wrap about your shoulder— | |
| Every day warmer, every day older. | |
| In half an hour | 15 |
| You’ll be dressed, | |
| Youth like a flower | |
| Wilting on your breast. | | | | |
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