| Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. 1912–22. | | | | Charmian’s Song | | By Aline Kilmer |
| | | I’M glad I have but a little heart— | |
| For my heart is very small: | |
| It makes it free to come and go, | |
| And no one cares at all. | |
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| I give my heart for a tender look, | 5 |
| For a gentle word or touch; | |
| And the one who has it never knows, | |
| And it does not hurt me much. | |
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| If my heart were great and I gave it away, | |
| Then all the world would see; | 10 |
| But my heart is only a little thing | |
| And it does not trouble me. | |
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| I may give my little heart unseen, | |
| It is so small and light; | |
| And only very wakeful things | 15 |
| Can hear it cry at night. | | | | |
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