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

Ebony

Jeannette Marks

From “Shadow Songs”

On watching a beautiful black arm opening a Venetian Lantern at Fleur de Lys

EBONY, Ebony,

Dreaming of a rose—

Flame in the flower-heart,

Dusk in repose;

Jeweled eyes glistening,

Dew on the leaf:

Sweet to Africa

Is the thought of her grief.