| Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. 1912–22. | | | | Love’s Passing | | By Gladys Edgerton |
| | | GOLD as the sun, | |
| Bold as a boy, | |
| Your wanton wings waken | |
| The love you destroy, | |
| Leaving within the heart of each flower | 5 |
| Longing for an impassioned hour. | |
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| Shade of the sea, | |
| Maid of the sky, | |
| Your azure wings beat on | |
| My heart as you fly | 10 |
| Dreamily on in a happy trance, | |
| Letting me wither with never a glance. | |
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| Rare as a pearl, | |
| Fair as a nun, | |
| Your white wings inspire | 15 |
| The love that you shun, | |
| Rising from passion and glad desire | |
| Into the sun’s heart higher and higher. | |
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| Flown from the world, | |
| Blown like a breath, | 20 |
| You leave me earth-rooted | |
| And wedded to death, | |
| Wasting for lips I have never known, | |
| Hoarding my fragrance for you alone! | | | | |
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