Henry Bellamann. Lullaby. Harriet Monroe, ed. Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. 1912-22

Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. 1912–22.

Lullaby

By Henry Bellamann


TEARS for your pink, curled hands—
They must strain to hold
The smoke-thin garments of a dream.

Tears for your still eyes—
They must be pierced	5
By the keen blades of beauty.

Tears for your flower feet—
They must bloom like first spring
On wintry plains.

Tears, tears for your eyes,	10
And pink, curled hands,
And blossom feet—tears!