| Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. 1912–22. | | | | Changes | | By Helen Muckley |
| | | HE thought it was a goddess in merry-making mood, | |
| But it was just a lady who wanted to be wooed. | |
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| He knelt before that lady, as suddenly to find | |
| Within his arms a woman who did not know her mind. | |
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| He whispered to that woman, discovering instead | 5 |
| An insolent young savage who tried to kill, and fled. | |
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| He made after that savage, high mounted, pulse elate— | |
| Ah, will he know the beggar maid outside his postern gate? | | | | |
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