Alice Corbin. Epitaph. Harriet Monroe, ed. Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. 1912-22

Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. 1912–22.

Epitaph

By Alice Corbin


From “Songs from a Book of Airs” EARTH, draw thy coverlet over my face,
For I am weary and would rest a space.
I’ve played at hide-and-seek among thy flowers,
And thou hast kindled me with sun and showers,
Hast fed and held me happy on thy knee,	5
And like a mother thou hast played with me:
Now I would sink upon thy breast—
Lift up thy coverlet and let me rest.