| Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). The New Poetry: An Anthology. 1917. |
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| 15. Voyage à l’Infini |
| | | By Walter Conrad Arensberg |
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| THE SWAN existing | |
| Is like a song with an accompaniment | |
| Imaginary. | |
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| Across the grassy lake, | |
| Across the lake to the shadow of the willows, | 5 |
| It is accompanied by an image— | |
| As by Debussy’s | |
| “Reflets dans l’eau.” | |
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| The swan that is | |
| Reflects | 10 |
| Upon the solitary water—breast to breast | |
| With the duplicity: | |
| “The other one!” | |
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| And breast to breast it is confused. | |
| O visionary wedding! O stateliness of the procession! | 15 |
| It is accompanied by the image of itself | |
| Alone. | |
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| At night | |
| The lake is a wide silence, | |
| Without imagination. | 20 |
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