| Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. 1912–22. | | | | Death and the Aviator | | By Wanda Petrunkevitch |
| | | JOYOUSLY he dips and flies, | |
| Floats at ease in the windy skies | |
| Where the changing cloud hosts run; | |
| Fragile winged between earth and sun, | |
| Strong in youth and seeming free: | 5 |
| And he rides, O Death, with thee! | |
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| Piteous and a broken thing, | |
| Solemn, slow, the mourners bring. | |
| Crushed the torch and quenched the fire | |
| Of his prophet’s keen desire; | 10 |
| Where—oh, where the living flame?- | |
| Spirit thou alone could’st tame? | | | | |
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