| Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. 1912–22. | | | | The Golden Fleece | | By Oscar Williams |
| | From “Golden Darkness”
I KNOW that life is Jason, | |
| And that beauty is the witch-maiden helping him. | |
| I know that the soft, luminous night of stars | |
| Is the golden fleece he is seeking. | |
| I know that in the beginning | 5 |
| He sowed the boulders, the teeth of dead ages, | |
| And the innumerable armored cities have arisen. | |
| I know that he has thrown among them love and desire, | |
| And they have warred and shall war with each other until the end. | |
| And if you doubt the least word I have said, | 10 |
| Come out on the dark beach some strange summer night | |
| And watch the huge quivering serpent of the ocean | |
| Still coiled around the trunk of the tree of paradise. | | | | |
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