Harriet Monroe, ed. (18601936). Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. 191222. | | Night in the City | By Ellen Margaret Janson |
| From Tableaux I HEAR them pass by the wall of my garden | |
The swift whisper of silk, | |
And laughter | |
Tinkling like the wind-bells on the shadowy terrace, | |
Tinkling and calling. | 5 |
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Their lanterns form a necklace | |
Of gems, | |
Low-strung across the dusk. | |
Their laughter dies away past the wall of my garden. | |
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In the willow | 10 |
The echo lingers | |
The echo of laughter, failing | |
Into sudden weariness. | | | |
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