| Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. 1912–22. | | | | Montezuma | | By A. Y. Winters |
| | From “Monodies”
AS the wind rolls across the flowing treetops, so the | |
| Delicate haze, blue flowing into green, rolls | |
| Over the violet and brown undulations of these mountains. | |
| Blue mist flowing into green mist over | |
| The violet and brown undulations of the earth. Thus | 5 |
| Life flows into Death above Time’s translucent contours. | |
| These mountains are the fingers of a sleeping hand. No | |
| Jewels adorn its tawny tapering fingers. But in the silence | |
| It moves forward through the delicate haze | |
| (Blue flowing into green), while no one watches. | 10 |
| O you of the blind silent eyes, who stand | |
| Your feet among the mountains and your head lost | |
| Above the heavens translucent as Time’s contours— | |
| And no jewels adorn your forehead, nor do your blind eyes | |
| Peer toward the Mystery, being themselves the Mystery— | 15 |
| Move you a step nearer in the silence, your feet stirring | |
| The delicate mist like soft sand | |
| (Blue flowing into green), while no one watches. | | | | |
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