| Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. 1912–22. | | | | The Point of View | | By Joseph Warren Beach |
| | From “Dry Points”
I OVERTOOK her on the bridge | |
| Loitering in the morning gray, | |
| And straight she told me all her heart | |
| In her direct and childish way. | |
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| “Helen was sick for long,” she said, | 5 |
| And slipped a trustful hand in mine. | |
| “She never had to go to school, | |
| And she had oranges … and wine!… | |
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| “When Helen died, you should have seen | |
| The flowers, so many and so bright— | 10 |
| Red roses all about her face … | |
| And Helen’s face so very white!” | | | | |
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