| Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. 1912–22. | | | | The Gentle Housewife | | By Rosamond Langbridge |
| | | THERE’S the first white butterfly dancing abroad! | |
| There are wild wind-flowers dotting the sward; | |
| There are wild green breakers combing the bay; | |
| There’s a red ferret darting over the way! | |
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| But I am chiding the children for being so wild; | 5 |
| I am chiding the nurse for chiding the child; | |
| I am careful to lay down tea-leaves in the hall; | |
| I am gazing at that spot of mildew on the wall— | |
| And my heart is breaking, breaking, | |
| With the hatred of it all! | 10 | | | |
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