Robert J. Roe. Portrait of a Man. Harriet Monroe, ed. Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. 1912-22

Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. 1912–22.

Portrait of a Man

By Robert J. Roe


From “Interplanes” “I DID it, yes,” he said;
And looked at me
When I asked him
If the things they said of him were true—
His neighbors gabbling amongst themselves.	5

He looked at me:
His eyes were clear as water,
And there shone
A mystical elation on his face:
“I did it, yes,”	10
Was all he said.