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Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). The New Poetry: An Anthology. 1917.

Aileen

Gwendolen Haste

From “In the Office”

SHE goes through the order of the day

Like a nun.

The rattle of her typewriter

Is the rustle of a rosary;

And she speaks in the telephone

With the retreated delicacy

Of one who murmurs before an altar.