Agnes Lee. Three Guests. Harriet Monroe, ed. Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. 1912-22

Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. 1912–22.

Three Guests

By Agnes Lee


SHE whispered, “Love is dead.”
She saw the raven hearse go down the street,
And closed her door.

Then Passion rose and pled,
Even more wild, even more fiery-sweet	5
Than Love, before;

And lingered in the room,
Out of an anguished moment to coerce
Dreams that had been:

Till forth into the gloom	10
Passion went following the raven hearse.
And Peace came in.