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

The City

Max Endicoff

HAUNTED

By furtive fear of Heaven’s wrath

For wallowing in the mire,

Each day,

With a coward’s mockery of courage,

The city hurls a monumental oath

Of brick and mortar

Far up into the air.

These are the sky-tipped towers

Of terrifying height

Rising from the swamp-black wilderness of greed—

A frothy challenge to the gods

From snarling lips.