| Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. 1912–22. | | | | The Crowning Gift | | By Gladys Cromwell |
| | | I HAVE had courage to accuse; | |
| And a fine wit that could upbraid; | |
| And a nice cunning that could bruise; | |
| And a shrewd wisdom, unafraid | |
| Of what weak mortals fear to lose. | 5 |
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| I have had virtue to despise | |
| The sophistry of pious fools; | |
| I have had firmness to chastise; | |
| And intellect to make me rules, | |
| To estimate and exorcise. | 10 |
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| I have had knowledge to be true; | |
| My faith could obstacles remove; | |
| But now, by failure taught anew, | |
| I would have courage now to love, | |
| And lay aside the strength I knew. | 15 | | | |
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