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will flourish aloft�察 �Like heads of captured Pharisees on pikes�察 �Our
contradictions and discrepancies�察 �And there are many more will hang
themselves Upon the letter�察�seeing not in the Word The friend of all who
fail�察�and in their faith A sword of excellence to cut them down。
As long as there are glasses that are dark And there are many we
see darkly through them�察 �All which have I conceded and set down In
words that have no shadow。 What is dark Is dark�察 �and we may not say
otherwise�察�Yet what may be as dark as a lost fire For one of us�察�may still
be for another A coming gleam across the gulf of ages�察�And a way home
from shipwreck to the shore�察 �And so�察 �through pangs and ills and
desperations�察�There may be light for all。 There shall be light。 As much as
that�察�you know。 You cannot say This woman or that man will be the next
On whom it falls�察�you are not here for that。 Your ministration is to be for
others The firing of a rush that may for them Be soon the fire itself。 The
few at first Are fighting for the multitude at last�察�Therefore remember what
Gamaliel said Before you�察 �when the sick were lying down In streets all
night for Peter's passing shadow。 Fight�察�and say what you feel�察�say more
than words。 Give men to know that even their days of earth To come are
more than ages that are gone。 Say what you feel�察�while you have time to
say it。 Eternity will answer for itself�察�Without your intercession�察 �yet the
way For many is a long one�察�and as dark�察�Meanwhile�察�as dreams of hell。
See not your toil Too much�察�and if I be away from you�察�Think of me as a
brother to yourselves�察 �Of many blemishes。 Beware of stoics�察 �And give
your left hand to grammarians�察�And when you seem�察�as many a time you
may�察�To have no other friend than hope�察�remember That you are not the
first�察�or yet the last。
The best of life�察�until we see beyond The shadows of ourselves ��and
they are less Than even the blindest of indignant eyes Would have them�� is
in what we do not know。 Make�察�then�察�for all your fears a place to sleep
With all your faded sins�察 �nor think yourselves Egregious and alone for
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your defects Of youth and yesterday。 I was young once�察 �And there's a
question if you played the fool With a more fervid and inherent zeal Than
I have in my story to remember�察�Or gave your necks to folly's conquering
foot�察�Or flung yourselves with an unstudied aim�察 �Less frequently than I。
Never mind that。 Man's little house of days will hold enough�察�Sometimes�察�
to make him wish it were not his�察�But it will not hold all。 Things that are
dead Are best without it�察�and they own their death By virtue of their dying。
Let them go�察 �But think you not the world is ashes yet�察�And you have all
the fire。 The world is here Today�察�and it may not be gone tomorrow�察�For
there are millions�察 �and there may be more�察 �To make in turn a various
estimation Of its old ills and ashes�察�and the traps Of its apparent wrath。
Many with ears That hear not yet�察�shall have ears given to them�察�And then
they shall hear strangely。 Many with eyes That are incredulous of the
Mystery Shall yet be driven to feel�察�and then to read Where language has
an end and is a veil�察�Not woven of our words。 Many that hate Their kind
are soon to know that without love Their faith is but the perjured name of
nothing。 I that have done some hating in my time See now no time for hate�察�
I that have left�察�Fading behind me like familiar lights That are to shine no
more for my returning�察�Home�察�friends�察�and honors�察 �I that have lost all
else For wisdom�察�and the wealth of it�察�say now To you that out of wisdom
has come love�察�That measures and is of itself the measure Of works and
hope and faith。 Your longest hours Are not so long that you may torture
them And harass not yourselves�察�and the last days Are on the way that you
prepare for them�察�And was prepared for you�察�here in a world Where you
have sinned and suffered�察 �striven and seen。 If you be not so hot for
counting them Before they come that you consume yourselves�察�Peace may
attend you all in these last days And me�察�as well as you。 Yes�察�even in
Rome。 Well�察�I have talked and rested�察�though I fear My rest has not been
yours�察 �in which event�察 �Forgive one who is only seven leagues From
Caesar。 When I told you I should come�察�I did not see myself the criminal
You contemplate�察�for seeing beyond the Law That which the Law saw not。
But this�察�indeed�察�Was good of you�察�and I shall not forget�察�No�察�I shall not
forget you came so far To meet a man so dangerous。 Well�察�farewell。 They
come to tell me I am going now With them。 I hope that we shall meet
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again�察�But none may say what he shall find in Rome。
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Demos I
All you that are enamored of my name And least intent on what most I
require�察�Beware�察�for my design and your desire�察�Deplorably�察�are not as yet
the same。 Beware�察�I say�察�the failure and the shame Of losing that for which
you now aspire So blindly�察 �and of hazarding entire The gift that I was
bringing when I came。
Give as I will�察�I cannot give you sight Whereby to see that with you
there are some To lead you�察 �and be led。 But they are dumb Before the
wrangling and the shrill delight Of your deliverance that has not come�察�
And shall not�察�if I fail you as I might。
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Demos II
So little have you seen of what awaits Your fevered glimpse of a
democracy Confused and foiled with an equality Not equal to the envy it
creates�察�That you see not how near you are the gates Of an old king who
listens fearfully To you that are outside and are to be The noisy lords of
imminent estates。
Rather be then your prayer that you shall have Your kingdom
undishonored。 Having all�察�See not the great among you for the small�察�But
hear their silence�察�for the few shall save The many�察�or the many are to fall
Still to be wrangling in a noisy grave。
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The Flying Dutchman
Unyielding in the pride of his defiance�察�Afloat with none to serve or to
command�察 �Lord of himself at last�察 �and all by Science�察 �He seeks the
Vanished Land。
Alone�察�by the one light of his one thought�察�He steers to find the shore
from which we came�察 �Fearless of in what coil he may be caught On seas
that have no name。
Into the night he sails�察�and after night There is a dawning�察�though there
be no sun�察 �Wherefore�察 �with nothing but himself in sight�察 �Unsighted�察 �he
sails on。 At last there is a lifting of the cloud Between the flood before him
and the sky�察�And then though he may curse the Power aloud That has no
power to die
He steers himself away from what is haunted By the old ghos