| Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. 1912–22. | | | | In the Middle West | | By Mary Carolyn Davies |
| | From “Wanderings” (Suggested by an editorial of H. M.)
THIS land is a great sea; | |
| Out of it me— | |
| And into it at the end. | |
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| It is my friend, | |
| My lover and enemy— | 5 |
| My mother and lover and friend; | |
| My master and my slave. | |
| It gave | |
| All that I have, and it will take away | |
| All that I have, and even my life, some day. | 10 |
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| The ocean is a friend who, for a while, | |
| Will talk with me, and smile; | |
| But always with a stranger’s courtesy. | |
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| The land is maker and lover and slayer of me. | | | | |
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