| Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. 1912–22. | | | | There Was a Time | | By Oscar Williams |
| | From “Golden Darkness”
THERE was a time when I was shy and lonely, | |
| And stood in strange bewilderment apart; | |
| And no one spoke to me, and silence only | |
| Would fold my songs into her tender heart. | |
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| There was a time when only windy darkness | 5 |
| Would fan my dreams with glamoured loveliness. | |
| But you have come, and nights are filled with starkness; | |
| And I am lonely for my loneliness. | |
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| Oh, you have come—and silence is a stranger, | |
| And darkness keeps aloof from my distress; | 10 |
| And you—oh, you are all too fraught with danger, | |
| And I am lonely for my loneliness. | | | | |
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