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 Time (11 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 ...
The Turbine (Harriet Monroe Poems)
To W. S. M.Look at her-there she sits upon her throneAs ladylike and quiet as a nun!But if you cross ...
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 ...
A Play Festival In Ogden Park (Harriet Monroe Poems)
Oh gay and shining June time!Oh meadow brave and bright,Abloom with little children,All tossing in the light!They dance and circle ...
At Twilight (Harriet Monroe Poems)
You are a painter-listen-I'll paint you a picture too!Of the long white lights that glistenThrough Michigan Avenue;With the red lights ...
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 ...
The Pine At Timber-Line (Harriet Monroe Poems)
What has bent you,Warped and twisted you,Torn and crippled you?What has embittered you,O lonely tree?You search the rocks for a ...
These Two (Harriet Monroe Poems)
They died these two &mdashThe little boys I knew &mdashOne at Gallipoli and one in France.Long ago &mdashOh, twenty years ...
Rubens (Harriet Monroe Poems)
Here you are, grand old sensualist!And here are the three goddesses displaying their charms to Paris.It was all one to you ...