| Harriet Monroe, ed. (18601936). Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. 191222. | | | | A Fillet of Thorn | | By Anita Grannis |
| | | TELL me, how can I sing | |
| Who have not tasted pain? | |
| Who, having grieved an hour, | |
| Laugh and am glad again? | |
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| It will take a winter of frost, | 5 |
| Aching and storm-filled years, | |
| Before I am lord of life, | |
| Before I am king of tears. | | | | |
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