| Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). The New Poetry: An Anthology. 1917. |
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| 44. Grieve not for Beauty |
| | | By Witter Bynner |
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| GRIEVE not for the invisible, transported brow | |
| On which like leaves the dark hair grew, | |
| Nor for the lips of laughter that are now | |
| Laughing inaudibly in sun and dew, | |
| Nor for those limbs that, fallen low | 5 |
| And seeming faint and slow, | |
| Shall yet pursue | |
| More ways of swiftness than the swallow dips | |
| Among … and find more winds than ever blew | |
| The straining sails of unimpeded ships! | 10 |
| Mourn not!—yield only happy tears | |
| To deeper beauty than appears! | |
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