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

A Flower Given to My Daughter

James Joyce

FRAIL the white rose, and frail are

Her hands that gave,

Whose soul is sere, and paler

Than time’s wan wave.

Rose-frail and fair—yet frailest,

A wonder wild

In gentle eyes thou veilest,

My blue-veined child.