William Griffith. Pierrette Goes. Harriet Monroe, ed. Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. 1912-22

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

Pierrette Goes

By William Griffith


PIERRETTE has gone, but it was not
Exactly that she died,
So much as vanished and forgot
To say where she would hide.

To keep a sudden rendezvous,	5
It came into her mind
That she was late. What could she do
But leave distress behind?

Afraid of being in disgrace,
And hurrying to dress,	10
She heard there was another place
In need of loveliness.

She went so softly and so soon—
Sh!—hardly made a stir,
But going took the stars and moon	15
And sun away with her.