| Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. 1912–22. | | | | Requiem | | By Margaret DeLaughter |
| | From “In the Night Watches”
ALL the love, the love we gave them; | |
| Tears, unanswered prayers to save them! | |
| Now, what is there left to show?— | |
| Wooden crosses in a row! | |
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| They wore their crown of thorns so lightly, | 5 |
| June still blossoms just as brightly. | |
| How can laughing roses know | |
| Of wooden crosses in a row? | |
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| Is it, then, so sweet, their sleeping? | |
| After all, was life worth keeping? | 10 |
| There they lie, and none may know— | |
| Wooden crosses in a row. | | | | |
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