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Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). The New Poetry: An Anthology. 1917.

The Ancient Singer

Agnes Lee

THE WONDER of our century!

They sing it stave on stave,

They sing it loud, they sing it long,

New voices, voices brave.

The ring of it, the thrill of it,

Is over every sea;

And some are great enough to sing,

And some have missed the key.

But I must be content to stand

Upon an old highway,

And sing the sleeping centuries

Whose dreams are towers today.