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

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Hilda Conkling

From “Song Nets”

MY sister stood on a hilltop

Looking toward the sea.

The wind was in her bronze-colored hair;

She was an image

On a broken wave …

Foam was at her feet.

So for a moment she wavered

And was lovely:

And I remember her.