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Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). The New Poetry: An Anthology. 1917.

The Bubble

Oscar Williams

From “Golden Darkness”

WE have kings, and the deadly sins seven;

We have lives for all things that die;

We have wars and quite a bit of trouble:

But God, ensconced in his heaven,

Watches through air blue as sky,

And delights in his beautiful bubble.