| Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. 1912–22. | | | | America | | By Alice Corbin |
| | | I hear America singing … | |
| And the great prophet passed, | |
| Serene, clear and untroubled | |
| Into the silence vast. | |
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| When will the master-poet | 5 |
| Rise, with vision strong, | |
| To mold her manifold music | |
| Into a living song? | |
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| I hear America singing … | |
| Beyond the beat and stress, | 10 |
| The chant of her shrill, unjaded, | |
| Empiric loveliness. | |
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| Laughter, beyond mere scorning, | |
| Wisdom surpassing wit, | |
| Love, and the unscathed spirit, | 15 |
| These shall encompass it. | | | | |
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