| Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. 1912–22. | | | | Love Song | | By William Carlos Williams |
| | | WHAT have I to say to you | |
| When we shall meet? | |
| Yet— | |
| I lie here thinking of you. | |
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| The stain of love | 5 |
| Is upon the world. | |
| Yellow, yellow, yellow, | |
| It eats into the leaves, | |
| Smears with saffron | |
| The horned branches that lean | 10 |
| Heavily | |
| Against a smooth purple sky. | |
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| There is no light— | |
| Only a honey-thick stain | |
| That drips from leaf to leaf | 15 |
| And limb to limb, | |
| Spoiling the colors | |
| Of the whole world. | |
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| I am alone. | |
| The weight of love | 20 |
| Has buoyed me up | |
| Till my head | |
| Knocks against the sky. | |
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| See me! | |
| My hair is dripping with nectar— | 25 |
| Starlings carry it | |
| On their black wings. | |
| See, at last | |
| My arms and my hands | |
| Are lying idle. | 30 |
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| How can I tell | |
| If I shall ever love you again | |
| As I do now? | | | | |
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