| Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. 1912–22. | | | | The Last Song of Bilitis | | By Margaret Widdemer |
| | From “Voices of Women”
UNDER dusky laurel leaf, | |
| Scarlet leaf of rose, | |
| I lie prone, who have known | |
| All a woman knows. | |
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| Love and grief and motherhood, | 5 |
| Fame and mirth and scorn, | |
| These are all shall befall | |
| Any woman born. | |
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| Jewel-laden are my hands, | |
| Tall my stone above— | 10 |
| Do not weep that I sleep, | |
| Who was wise in love. | |
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| Where I walk, a shadow gray | |
| Through gray asphodel, | |
| I am glad, who have had | 15 |
| All that life can tell. | | | | |
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