| Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. 1912–22. | | | | A Fence | | By Carl Sandburg |
| | From “Days”
NOW the stone house on the lake front is finished and the workmen are beginning the fence. | |
| The palings are made of iron bars with steel points that can stab the life out of any man who falls on them. | |
| As a fence, it is a masterpiece, and will shut off the rabble and all vagabonds and hungry men and all wandering children looking for a place to play. | |
| Passing through the bars and over the steel points will go nothing except Death and the Rain and To-morrow. | | | | |
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