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Whether I stay for little or for long�察�The wolves are coming。 Have an eye 

for them�察�And a more careful ear for their confusion Than you need have 

much longer for the sound Of what I tell you  should I live to say More 

than   I   say   to   Caesar。   What   I   know   Is   down   for   you   to   read   in   what   is 

written�察�And   if   I   cloud   a   little   with   my  own   Mortality  the   gleam  that   is 

immortal�察�I do it only because I am I  Being on earth and of it�察�in so far 

As time flays yet the remnant。 This you know�察�And if I sting men�察�as I do 

sometimes�察�With   a sharp   word that hurts�察�it   is because   Man's habit is to 

feel before he sees�察�And I am of a race that feels。 Moreover�察�The world is 

here for what is not yet here For more than are a few�察�and even in Rome�察�

Where   men   are   so   enamored   of   the   Cross   That   fame   has   echoed�察  �and 

increasingly�察�The music of your love and of your faith To foreign ears that 

are as far away As Antioch and Haran�察�yet I wonder How much of love 

you know�察 �and if your   faith   Be the shut   fruit of words。  If   so�察 �remember 

Words are but shells unfilled。 Jews have at least A Law to make them sorry 

they were born If they go long without it�察�and these Gentiles�察�For the first 

time in shrieking history�察�Have love and law together�察�if so they will�察�For 

their defense and their immunity In these last days。 Rome�察�if I know the 

name�察  �Will   have   anon   a   crown   of   thorns   and   fire   Made   ready   for   the 

wreathing of new masters�察�Of whom we are appointed�察�you and I�察 �And 

you are still to be when I am gone�察�Should I go presently。 Let the word fall�察�



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Meanwhile�察�upon the dragon´ridden field Of circumstance�察�either to live or 

die�察�Concerning which there is a parable�察�Made easy for the comfort and 

attention   Of   those   who   preach�察  �fearing   they   preach   in   vain。   You   are   to 

plant�察�and then to plant again Where you have gathered�察�gathering as you 

go�察�For you are in the fields that are eternal�察�And you have not the burden 

of the Lord Upon your mortal shoulders。 What you have Is a light yoke�察�

made lighter by the wearing�察�Till it shall have the wonder and the weight 

Of   a   clear   jewel�察  �shining   with   a   light   Wherein   the   sun   and   all   the   fiery 

stars   May   soon   be   fading。   When   Gamaliel   said   That   if   they   be   of   men 

these   things   are   nothing�察  �But   if   they   be   of   God   they   are   for   none   To 

overthrow�察 �he   spoke   as  a   good   Jew�察�And   one   who   stayed   a   Jew�察  �and   he 

said all。 And you know�察�by the temper of your faith�察�How far the fire is in 

you   that   I   felt   Before   I   knew   Damascus。 A  word   here�察  �Or   there�察  �or   not 

there�察�or not anywhere�察�Is not the Word that lives and is the life�察�And you�察�

therefore�察�need weary not yourselves With jealous aches of others。 If the 

world Were not a world of aches and innovations�察�Attainment would have 

no more joy of it。 There will be creeds and schisms�察�creeds in creeds�察�And 

schisms in schisms�察�myriads will be done To death because a farthing has 

two sides�察�And is at last a farthing。 Telling you this�察�I�察�who bid men to live�察�

appeal to Caesar。 Once I had said the ways of God were dark�察�Meaning by 

that the dark ways of the Law。 Such is the glory of our tribulations�察�For the 

Law kills the flesh that kills the Law�察�And we are then alive。 We have eyes 

then�察�And we have then the Cross between two worlds  To guide us�察�or to 

blind us for a time�察�Till we have eyes indeed。 The fire that smites A few on 

highways�察  �changing   all   at   once�察  �Is   not   for   all。 The   power   that   holds   the 

world Away  from  God   that   holds   himself   away     Farther   away  than   all 

your works and words Are like to fly without the wings of faith  Was not�察�

nor ever shall be�察�a small hazard Enlivening the ways of easy leisure Or 

the cold road of knowledge。 When our eyes Have wisdom�察�we see more 

than we remember�察�And the old world of our captivities May then become 

a smitten glimpse of ruin�察�Like one where vanished hewers have had their 

day   Of   wrath   on   Lebanon。   Before   we   see�察  �Meanwhile�察  �we   suffer�察  �and   I 

come to you�察�At last�察�through many storms and through much night。 

     Yet whatsoever I have undergone�察�My keepers in this instance are not 



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hard。  But   for   the   chance   of an   ingratitude�察 �I   might   indeed   be   curious   of 

their mercy�察�And fearful of their leisure while I wait�察�A few leagues out of 

Rome。      Men    go   to  Rome�察    �Not    always    to  return     but   not   that  now。 

Meanwhile�察�I seem to think you look at me With eyes that are at last more 

credulous   Of   my   identity。   You   remark   in   me   No   sort   of   leaping   giant�察�

though some words Of mine to you from Corinth may have leapt A little 

through   your   eyes   into   your   soul。   I   trust   they   were   alive�察  �and   are   alive 

Today�察�for there be none that shall indite So much of nothing as the man 

of words Who writes in the Lord's name for his name's sake And has not in 

his blood the fire of time To warm eternity。 Let such a man  If once the 

light is in him and endures  Content himself to be the general man�察�Set 

free to sift the decencies and thereby To learn�察�except he be one set aside 

For sorrow�察�more of pleasure than of pain�察�Though if his light be not the 

light indeed�察�But a brief shine that never really was�察�And fails�察�leaving him 

worse than where he was�察�Then shall he be of all men destitute。 And here 

were not an issue for much ink�察�Or much offending faction among scribes。 

     The Kingdom is within us�察�we are told�察�And when I say to you that we 

possess it In such a measure as faith makes it ours�察�I say it with a sinner's 

privilege Of having seen and heard�察�and seen again�察�After a darkness�察�and 

if I affirm To the last hour that faith affords alone The Kingdom entrance 

and an entertainment�察�I do not see myself as one who says To man that he 

shall sit with folded hands Against the Coming。 If I be anything�察�I move a 

driven agent among my kind�察�Establishing by the faith of Abraham�察�And 

by the grace of their necessities�察�The clamoring word that is the word of 

life Nearer than heretofore to the solution Of their tomb´serving doubts。 If 

I have loosed A shaft of language that has flown sometimes A little higher 

than the hearts and heads Of nature's minions�察�it will yet be heard�察�Like a 

new song   that   waits for distant   ears。 I   cannot be the   man   that I   am  not�察�

And while I own that earth is my affliction�察�I am a man of earth�察�who says 

not   all   To   all   alike。   That   were   impossible�察  �Even   as   it   were   so   that   He 

should plant A larger garden first。 But you today Are for the larger sowing�察�

and   your   seed�察  �A   little  mixed�察  �will   have�察   �as   He  foresaw�察  �The     foreign 

harvest of a wider growth�察�And one without an end。 Many there are�察�And 

are   to   be�察  �that   shall   partake   of   it�察  �Though   none   may   share   it   with   an 



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understanding That is not his alone。 We are all alone�察�And yet we are all 

parcelled     of   one   order     Jew�察  �Gentile�察   �or   barbarian    in   the  dark   Of 

wildernesses that are not so much As names yet in a book。 And there are 

many�察�Finding at last that words are not the Word�察�And finding only that�察�

will    flourish   aloft�察  �Like    heads    of  captured     Pharisees     on   pikes�察  �Our 

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