From the “Commemoration Ode” (Harriet Monroe Poems)
WASHINGTONWHEN dreaming kings, at odds with swift paced time, Would strike that banner down,A nobler knight than ever writ or rhyme With ...
Harriet Monroe Poems on Courage (6 Poems)
For A Child (Harriet Monroe Poems)
E. H. M.Nov. 17th, 1890-Feb. 13th, 1904Still he lies,Pale, wan, and strangely wise.Under the white coverletHe lies here sleeping yet,Though ...
Our Canal (Harriet Monroe Poems)
To Colonel Goethals and the Other Laborers in the Canal ZoneIn lazy laughing Panama-O flutter of ribbon 'twixt the seas!-The ...
A Letter To One Far Away (Harriet Monroe Poems)
Dear Wanderer-The sky is gray,With flecks of blueThe clouds rush over.A bird is singingFar away,And butterfliesTaste of the clover.Under the ...
Nancy Hanks (Harriet Monroe Poems)
Prairie child,Brief as dew,What winds of wonderNourished you?Rolling plainsOf billowy green,Far horizons,Blue, serene;Lofty skiesThe slow clouds climb,Where burning starsBeat out ...
Myself (Harriet Monroe Poems)
What am I? I am Earth the mother,With all her nebulous memories;And the young Day, and Night her brother,And every ...