| Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. 1912–22. | | | | Dirge for One Dying | | By Frank S. Gordon |
| | From “Gold in the Desert”
MOURNER—who?—who cries?— | |
| Leaping, weeping, deep-voiced—cries? | |
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| Leaping waters call afar there, | |
| Weeping rapids moan to sea-waves. | |
| These, but waves rushing unabated— | 5 |
| Down they go— | |
| Go— | |
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| In the place, the place where I sit, I am called to enter | |
| Spirit waters. | |
| Spirit waters call afar there, | 10 |
| Spirit rapids moan to sea-waves. | |
| Rush they on, headlong, unabated— | |
| Down they go—go…. | | | | |
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