| Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. 1912–22. | | | | O My Love | | By Oscar Williams |
| | From “Under the Sun”
DO not lose yourself, O my love, in song and in music, | |
| Or you will be lost like a dewdrop’s dream of the morning | |
| Swept away by a cataract’s myriad-throated rushing. | |
| Do not lose yourself in the light words of gay voices, | |
| In the drumming of dancing feet, in the loudness of laughter. | 5 |
| Do not lose yourself, O my love, in song and in music; | |
| For only in the silence can love speak to you, | |
| Only in the silence can you whisper your answer. | |
| Do not hide yourself, O my love, in light or in color, | |
| Or you will be hidden as the world is hidden in sunlight | 10 |
| Away from the dreams and the twilights of nebular spaces. | |
| Do not hide yourself in crystal bulbs or in rainbows— | |
| Though romance wears scintillant tinsel, her heart is crying. | |
| Do not hide yourself, O my love, in light or in color; | |
| For only in the darkness can life find you, | 15 |
| Only in the darkness can you follow his light. | | | | |
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