| Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. 1912–22. | | | | Jenny’s Dancing | | By Joseph Warren Beach |
| | From “Dry Points”
WHEN Jenny danced with Janet, | |
| I saw two silver birches swaying | |
| To a breeze that left the hillside quiet, | |
| Save for these white stems | |
| It singled out | 5 |
| To set them tossing. | |
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| I saw two flames, | |
| Two slim and volatile | |
| Twin flames wind-blown, | |
| That wound and wound | 10 |
| Their delicate bodies | |
| To a tune no ear could follow … | |
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| And then came Rupert— | |
| Hapless male!— | |
| And he took Jenny. | 15 |
| He could not follow the tune— | |
| The breeze passed by him; | |
| And as he could not bend himself, | |
| He broke her. | | | | |
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