William H. Simpson. So Little You Are. Harriet Monroe, ed. Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. 1912-22

Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. 1912–22.

So Little You Are

By William H. Simpson


From “Along Old Trails” I O EARTH!
So little you are
In the whirl of all worlds,
Through the long cold
And the long night.	5

I marvel
That the tips of the sun-flames
Find you
Across wide ways of the dark.

Or is it	10
That life
May come from its hiding?

II O loved one,
So little you are
In the swirl of all souls,	15
Through the long days,
Through the long years!

I wonder
That the flames of my longing
Find you	20
Across wide ways of desire.

Or is it
That life
May come from its hiding?