Clara Shanafelt. Jeune Fille. Harriet Monroe, ed. Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. 1912-22

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

Jeune Fille

By Clara Shanafelt


From “In Summer” BENEATH the ledges
Lie the pools—
Cupped in the ruddy rock,
Bright pools of mountain water,
Unimaginably clear.	5
There is no sky, no distance;
The friendly wood leans near.

In wet, luxurious moss I plant my feet,
Unimaginably white;
It pleases me to think of my white body here,	10
Released in fair water, to charm
A delicate lover.