| Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. 1912–22. | | | | Tryst | | By Ellen Margaret Janson |
| | From “Tableaux”
I WILL wear my gown of dusk-blue silk, | |
| And in my hair | |
| A crescent moon, curved like a petal. | |
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| From the rim of the shadowy pool | |
| I will pluck an iris— | 5 |
| Dusk-blue, shading to purple, | |
| Faint-scented as the breath of sandalwood. | |
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| Softly | |
| I will come through the drooping willows. | |
| The leaves will catch at my gown, | 10 |
| Dusk-blue | |
| In the purple shadows. | |
| The grasses will whisper, sighing, | |
| As if they knew. | |
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| Down at the wall | 15 |
| I will wait alone in the darkness; | |
| And close my eyes, | |
| Dreaming that I hear your voice. | | | | |
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