| Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. 1912–22. | | | | Simples | | By James Joyce |
| | O bella, bionda
sei come l’onda OF cool sweet dew and radiance mild | |
| The moon a web of silence weaves | |
| In the still garden where a child | |
| Gathers the simple salad leaves. | |
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| A moon-dew stars her hanging hair, | 5 |
| And moonlight touches her young brow; | |
| And, gathering, she sings an air: | |
| “Fair as the wave is, fair art thou.” | |
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| Be mine, I pray, a waxen ear | |
| To shield me from her childish croon, | 10 |
| And mine a shielded heart to her | |
| Who gathers simples of the moon. | | | | |
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