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

Night in the City

Ellen Margaret Janson

I HEAR them pass by the wall of my garden—

The swift whisper of silk,

And laughter—

Tinkling like the wind-bells on the shadowy terrace,

Tinkling and calling.

Their lanterns form a necklace

Of gems,

Low-strung across the dusk.

Their laughter dies away past the wall of my garden.

In the willow

The echo lingers—

The echo of laughter, failing

Into sudden weariness.