| Harriet Monroe, ed. (18601936). Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. 191222. | | | | Because | | By Oscar Williams |
| | From Golden Darkness BECAUSE I have not kissed as yet one burning mouth, | |
| I have kissed a hundred. | |
| Because I have not looked into one pair of eyes, | |
| A hundred have haunted me. | |
| Because I have not lived one hour in passions flame, | 5 |
| I have died in a hundred others. | | | | |
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