Contents -BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD

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

Disillusion

Amy Lowell

A SCHOLAR,

Weary of erecting the fragile towers of words,

Went on a pilgrimage to Asama-Yama;

And seeing the force of the fire

Spouting from this mighty mountain,

Hurled himself into its crater

And perished.