| Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. 1912–22. | | | | I Ask for a Friend | | By Ernest Walsh |
| | | I ASK a girl, for a friend—a playmate | |
| Full of May-blown dreams; and lilac in her hair; | |
| With boyish ankles, intimately strange | |
| And hands forever busy with applause; | |
| And mothering, lash-screened, virgin eyes; | 5 |
| And a slim-breasted body made of joy. | |
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| Her coming would mean spring to my heart; | |
| We’d give our souls a holiday, cut loose, | |
| Arrange a rendezvous with Love somewhere— | |
| And forget to keep it, being good friends. | 10 |
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| I ask a girl, for a friend—a playmate | |
| Full of May-blown dreams; and lilac in her hair. | | | | |
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