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

Dirge

Alfred Kreymborg

SHE came—

That wistful child—

On her way to red,

Deep red:

She came—

And they tried to tell him

She was Dawn.

She went—

That listless thing—

On her way to black,

Deep black:

She went—

And they tried to tell him

She was Night.