Ellen Margaret Janson. Night in the City. Harriet Monroe, ed. Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. 1912-22

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

Night in the City

By Ellen Margaret Janson


From “Tableaux” 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.	5

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	10
The echo lingers—
The echo of laughter, failing
Into sudden weariness.