| Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. 1912–22. | | | | Resolve | | By Louise Bogan |
| | From “Beginning and End”
SO that I shall no longer tarnish with my fingers | |
| The bright steel of your power, | |
| I shall be hardened against you, | |
| A shield tightened upon its rim. | |
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| A stern oval to be pierced by no weapon, | 5 |
| Metal stretched and shaped against you. | |
| For a long time I shall go | |
| Spanned by the round of my strength. | |
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| Changeless, in spite of change, | |
| My resolve undefeated; | 10 |
| Though now I see the evening moon, soon to wane, | |
| Stand clearly and alone in the early dark, | |
| Above the stirring spindles of the leaves. | | | | |
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