| Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. 1912–22. | | | | II: Life | | By Louise Ayres Garnett |
| | From “Resurgam”
INTO the noon of labor I go forth that I may reap my destiny. | |
| Sorrow is my lot, and labor my achievement, | |
| The beauty of God’s handiwork my compensation. | |
| Something within me springs like a fountain and urges me to joy; | |
| Sorrow is as beauty and labor as reward. | 5 |
| Thou art become a greater God, O God, because of my endeavor. | |
| Listen through my ears, Thou of my singing sanctuary, | |
| Listen through my ears that I hear Thy silent music; | |
| Look through my eyes that I vision the unseen; | |
| Speak through my lips that I utter words of gladness. | 10 |
| Walk Thou with me, work Thou through me, rest Thou in me, | |
| That I may make Thee manifest in all my ways. | |
| I will praise Thee, praise Thee with the labor of my hands | |
| And with the bounty of my spirit! | | | | |
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