| Jessie B. Rittenhouse, ed. (1869–1948). The Second Book of Modern Verse. 1922. |
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| I Pass a Lighted Window |
| | | Clement Wood (1888–1950) |
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| I PASS a lighted window | |
| And a closed door— | |
| And I am not troubled | |
| Any more. | |
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| Though the road is murky, | 5 |
| I am not afraid, | |
| For a shadow passes | |
| On the lighted shade. | |
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| Once I knew the sesame | |
| To the closed door; | 10 |
| Now I shall not enter | |
| Any more; | |
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| Nor will people passing | |
| By the lit place, | |
| See our shadows marry | 15 |
| In a gray embrace. | |
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| Strange a passing shadow | |
| Has a long spell! | |
| What can matter, knowing | |
| She does well? | 20 |
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| How can life annoy me | |
| Any more? | |
| Life: a lighted window | |
| And a closed door. | |
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