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Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). The New Poetry: An Anthology. 1917.

Conquered

Zoë Akins

O PALE! O vivid! dear!

O disillusioned eyes

Forever near!

O Dream, arise!

I will not turn away

From the face I loved again;

Your beauty may sway

My life with pain.

I will drink the wine you pour,

I will seek to put asunder

Our ways no more—

O Love! O Wonder!