My Greatness
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My Greatness Author(s): Oscar Williams Source: Poetry, Vol. 16, No. 6 (Sep., 1920), p. 301 Published by: Poetry Foundation Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/20572764 . Accessed: 15/05/2014 18:07 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use, available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp . JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact [email protected]. . Poetry Foundation is collaborating with JSTOR to digitize, preserve and extend access to Poetry. http://www.jstor.org This content downloaded from 195.78.109.84 on Thu, 15 May 2014 18:07:55 PM All use subject to JSTOR Terms and Conditions
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My GreatnessAuthor(s): Oscar WilliamsSource: Poetry, Vol. 16, No. 6 (Sep., 1920), p. 301Published by: Poetry FoundationStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/20572764 .
Accessed: 15/05/2014 18:07
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Oscar Williams
Do not hide yourself, 0 my love, in light or in color, Or you will be hidden as the world is hidden in sunlight 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, 0 my love, in light or in color; For only in the darkness can life find you, Only in the darkness can you follow his light.
MY GREATNESS
When I realized my greatness, at once 1 shrivelled and
grew little; As clouds shrivel when they realize the wonders of their
cargoes, Carrying the fates of flowers and rainbows and the souls
of little children. The moment I realized how great I was, I was great no
longer.
From the depth of earth and ocean, through the eyes of
flowers and spray, I gazed at the blue skies across which I had sailed in crimson
splendor; And slowly and unseen I climbed up the stairways of the
sun-rays, And slowly and unseen I lifted myself on the wings of the
wind . .
And I rose from my littleness that was the fulfilment of
my greatness! [3011
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