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Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). The New Poetry: An Anthology. 1917.

Tak for Sidst

Babette Deutsch

To C. S.

“GOOD-BYE,” you said, and your voice was an echo, a promise.

You turned to go, a grey iron ghost.

The night took you.

Insubstantial as air, stronger than iron,

You were here and had gone.

Your voice was an omen, an echo.