Of Myth and More Or Less

I. Myth A giant, I thought, fondly, one that brought power first; then, too, love, always love, then, too, justice, wisdom; you commanded the supplications just as surely as your gods; I thought it would reside in you and preside over me forever. II. More Far more, I thought, fondly, and gifts of bounty at hand; then, too, power, always power, then, too, justice, wisdom; so, then, more the reward of good and more the power of the reward; you were sure it was yours and divinity would surely follow. III. Less No less, I thought, fondly, it was always these, I assumed; then, too, those, always those, then, too, less the malignant seed; but assumption is deepest folly, and greater exactitude held sway; gone the lesser virtues, less than the virtues pledged. IV. Of And Or I surely walked into a hemisphere darkened by my own design; but perhaps you walked, or lurched, or clumsily something elsed; perhaps into a hemisphere darker, unwittingly darkened by folly; I won't know until I get there, and even then I might not. 27th June 2020