Mason A. Freeman, Jr. Epigrams. Harriet Monroe, ed. Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. 1912-22

Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. 1912–22.

Epigrams

By Mason A. Freeman, Jr.


The Poet UP leaped the lark in flight,
And saw the dawn
Singing above the night.

The Untrammelled Only the wind is free—
He shapes at will	5
The sea’s plasticity.

The Beggar The tulip lifts its bowl
Toward sun and cloud
To ask its daily dole.

Weeping-willow Is it a maid I see	10
With hair unbound,
Or a weeping-willow tree?

The Lotus The lotus dreams that she
May root in mud,
Yet steal off with the bee.	15

On a Cameo This image on a ring
Is all that lives
Of what was once a king.

Late Mourning Plum petals fall like tears
Upon a grave	20
Neglected now for years.

Recognition What seek you from the sky?
Long since
The noisy geese flew by.

The Prophetess For years the earth has known	25
Impending fate
Each time the dead moon shone.