Scharmel Iris. After the Martyrdom. Harriet Monroe, ed. Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. 1912-22

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

After the Martyrdom

By Scharmel Iris


From “Lyrics” THEY threw a stone, you threw a stone,
I threw a stone that day.
Although their sharpness bruised his flesh
He had no word to say.

But for the moan he did not make	5
To-day I make my moan;
And for the stone I threw at him
My heart must bear a stone.