"ME, I MYSELF."
The following r poem is translated from a fragment found in the lCmperor William's 1 wastepaper basket:— Oh Me! Oh My!! And : likewise I!?! . Sit still my friend while I orate Me, I, myself tho Throne, The State, I am the earth, the moon, the sun All rolled in oneBoth Hemispheres am I, Oh My! „ If there wero three, tho Three I'd be. , - , „ I. am the Dipper,. Night and Day . The North and Southern Poles, the
• ■ Milky Way, „ I am they that walk or fly on wing Or swim, or creep—l m Everything. It makes me "tremble like tho aspen
tree To think I'm Me! , And blink ■ like' stars up m the sky . To think I'm 151 • . And shrink in terror like a frightened
To realise that I'm . . . Myself! _ Yo bothering slaves beneath my iron
mart now : ye'of the tilings I feel? Did'st ever wake at dead of night And stand in awe of thine own might? It took six days 'to make the Land and Sea, but Centuries were passed m making MB, The Universe?, an easy task; but. » . . OH MY! '
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 11216, 23 October 1914, Page 4
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185"ME, I MYSELF." Star (Christchurch), Issue 11216, 23 October 1914, Page 4
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