| Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. 1912–22. | | | | Cythaera and the Leaves | | By Marjorie Allen Seiffert |
| | | Ancient, terrible tree, | |
| You drink the light of leaves | |
| And shed the leaves relentlessly. | |
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| My heart is April-green, | |
| And its belief | 5 |
| Is in sunlight, not in trees | |
| Or secret roots it has not seen. | |
| My heart is light as a leaf— | |
| Let it go dancing down the breeze! | |
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| Withered and beaten, sodden, drowned, | 10 |
| It shall see faithful leaves turn red and gold, | |
| And cling, and hold; | |
| Until despite their gold and red | |
| They flutter to the ground. | |
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| Shall leaves remember flying | 15 |
| When they are dead? | | | | |
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