| Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. 1912–22. | | | | The Vampire Bat | | By Evelyn Scott |
| | From “Tropical Life”
WHAT was it that came out of the night? | |
| What was it that went away in the night? | |
| The little brown hen is huddled in the fence corner, | |
| Eyes already glazing. | |
| How should she know what came out of the night, | 5 |
| Or what was taken away in the night? | |
| A shadow passed across the moon; | |
| The wind rustled in the mango trees. | |
| And now, in the morning, | |
| The little brown hen is huddled in the fence corner, | 10 |
| Eyes already glazing; | |
| Because a shadow passed across the moon, | |
| And the wind rustled in the mango trees. | | | | |
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