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

Couplets

Leonora Speyer

From “Reflections”

Forest Fires
SUMMER is burning! From trees’ red crown

Ashes of June pour hotly down.

Night of Stars
They crowded round me more and more;

I had to shove to shut the door.

Ascent
Mountains take too much time.

Start at the top and climb.

Reproach
You gave me wings to fly;

Then took away my sky.

Down to the Heights
In the deep valleys, and deeper still,

I found my heights … against my will.