| Harriet Monroe, ed. (18601936). Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. 191222. | | | | The Recluse | | By Maria Elmendorf Lillie |
| | | AS evening creeps within the sheltered glade, | |
| Trees turn to emerald, water to jade; | |
| And on a branch a milk-white heron sits, | |
| With drooping wings, silent and unafraid: | |
| Like a great truth, within the gathering night, | 5 |
| Whose faint reflection streaks the depths with light. | | | | |
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