| Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. 1912–22. | | | | Harbor Water | | By Beatrice Ravenel |
| | From “Tidewater”
ALL through the night I can hear the sound of dancers, | |
| Soft-padding hoofs, and the lipping of the water, | |
| The water, the water patting juba … | |
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| Juba! Juba! | |
| Juba lef’ an’ juba right, | 5 |
| Juba dance on a moonshine night— | |
| Juba! | |
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| Knobbly palmetto posts, | |
| Matted trunks of sea-gods, | |
| Hairier than monkeys, rise from the water— | 10 |
| The pulpy, the oily-burnished water. | |
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| Soft rocking feet of the dancers sway about them, | |
| Long-swelling ripples with their crisp inhibitions, | |
| Filed golden streaks like the pointed feet of dancers, | |
| Pull of the tide, and the netted flopping motion | 15 |
| Of the water, the music-woven, oily-damasked water, | |
| Water patting juba…. | |
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| Juba! Juba! | |
| Juba lef’ an’ juba right, | |
| Juba dance on a moonshine night— | 20 |
| Juba! | | | | |
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