Scudder Middleton. A Woman. Harriet Monroe, ed. Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. 1912-22

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

A Woman

By Scudder Middleton


SHE had an understanding with the years;
For always in her eyes there was a light
As though she knew a secret none might guess.
So calmly did she bear the weight of pain,
With such serenity accept the joy,	5
It seemed she had a mother-love for Life,
And all the days were children at her breast.