| Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. 1912–22. | | | | Colloquy with a Polish Aunt | | By Wallace Stevens |
| | From “Pecksniffiana” | | Elle savait toutes les légendes du Paradis et tous les contes de la Pologne. |
| Revue des Deux Mondes |
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HOW is it that my saints from Voragine, | |
| In their embroidered slippers, touch your spleen? | |
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Old pantaloons, duenna of the spring! | |
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Imagination is the will of things…. | |
| Thus, on the basis of the common drudge, | 5 |
| You dream of women, swathed in indigo, | |
| Holding their books toward the nearer stars, | |
| To read, in secret, burning secrecies…. | | | |
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