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

Proof of Immortality

William Carlos Williams

FOR there is one thing braver than all flowers;

Richer than clear gems; wider than the sky;

Immortal and unchangeable; whose powers

Transcend reason, love and sanity!

And thou, beloved, art that godly thing!

Marvelous and terrible! in glance

An injured Juno roused against Heaven’s King!

And thy name, lovely One, is Ignorance.