| Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. 1912–22. | | | | Old Courtesan’s Lament | | By Dhan Gopal Mukerji |
| | | FACES, faces, faces— | |
| Why do ye turn away? | |
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| Young and old, | |
| Why will ye not gaze into my face? | |
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| Come, I am thirsty— | 5 |
| Give me the chalice of your faces. | |
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| How can I forget | |
| Limbs helpless with lust? | |
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| How can time take from me | |
| The woundings of claw-sharp hands, | 10 |
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| And the pleading anger of eyes | |
| That burn with hate of love? | |
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| I am withering with hunger, | |
| I who fed your famished sex! | |
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| Bring me the bare pittance of your pleasure, | 15 |
| Young and old—faces, faces, faces! | | | | |
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