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

Lake

Nelson Antrim Crawford

From “Fragilities”

YOU are a broad white lake,

Silent.

On your surface people launch their brown sun-warmed souls.

Reflected in you, they see themselves

Tall, profound, mystical.