| Harriet Monroe, ed. (18601936). Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. 191222. | | | | The Guardians | | By Gwendolen Haste |
| | From In the Office OLD men nodding over great books, | |
| Always writing with gold pens, | |
| Every morning | |
| Adding figures, | |
| Turning pages; | 5 |
| Every morning | |
| A little grayer, | |
| A little mustier, | |
| A little older. | |
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| Old men!do you keep Age | 10 |
| Hidden between your desks? | |
| Will she catch me | |
| If I come down to ask you | |
| For the October statement? | | | | |
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