| Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. 1912–22. | | | | Two Impressions | | By Richard Aldington |
| | In France (1916–1918)
I THE COLORLESS morning glides upward | |
| Over the marsh and ragged trees. | |
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| Though our mood be sombre | |
| And our bodies angry for more sleep, | |
| This feathered softness of pale light, | 5 |
| Falling negligently upon us, | |
| Delights us. | |
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II High above the drab barren ground | |
| Three herons beat across the dawn-blue sky. | |
| They drift slowly away | 10 |
| Until they appear | |
| As three horizontal umber brush-strokes | |
| On finely shaded cobalt. | |
| And the mist, driven by the wind | |
| Up and across the distant hill, | 15 |
| Gleams like soft white hair | |
| Brushed amorously backward! | | | | |
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