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Shadows by Harriet Monroe
Season 1 · Episode 55

Shadows by Harriet Monroe

One Poem Only · Maggie Devers

June 24, 20251m 55s

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Shadows

Harriet Monroe 1860 – 1936

What is most near?
Ah, sweet dead year-
Thy fallen leaf
And gathered sheaf,
The presence that is fled,
The vows that once were said-
These are most near.

Swift speeds away
Rose-crowned To-day.
So far, so far
Her light feet are!
I look and see thy face
Haunting the upland place,
Dear Yesterday.

The blooming flowers,
The sunny hours-
These cannot rest,
These are half blest.
But thou forevermore
Art mine, love, as of yore,
And time is ours.

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