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Harriet Monroe - Myself
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What am I? I am Earth the mother, 
With all her nebulous memories; 
And the young Day, and Night her brother, 
And every god that was and is. 

As Eve I walked in paradise,
Dreaming of nations, braving death
For knowledge; nor begrudged the price 
When the first baby first drew breath. 

I sang Deborah`s triumph song;
I struck the foe with Judith`s sword;
 `Twas I who to the angel said,
"Behold the handmaid of the Lord!"

I was fair Helen, she for whom
A nation was content to die; 
And Cleopatra, in whose doom
The world went down with Antony. 

I am the harlot in the street, 
And the veiled nun all undefiled; 
In me must queen and beggar meet, 
Wise age hark to the little child. 

I am the life that ever is,
And the new glory that shall be;
The pain that dies, and the brave bliss 
That mounts to immortality.
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