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Try somehow now to rest a little while��
You know that I am here�察�and that our friends
Are coming if I call。;
Martha at last
Arose�察�and went with Mary to the door��
Where they stood looking off at the same place��
And at the same shape that was always there
As if it would not ever move or speak��
And always would be there。 ;Mary�察�go now��
Before the dark that will be coming hides him。
I am afraid of him out there alone��
Unless I see him�察�and I have forgotten
What sleep is。 Go now make him look at you
And I shall hear him if he stirs or whispers。
Go� �or I'll scream and bring all Bethany
To come and make him speak。 Make him say once
That he is glad�察�and God may say the rest。
Though He say I shall sleep�察�and sleep for ever��
I shall not care for that 。 。 。 Go� �
Mary�察�moving
Almost as if an angry child had pushed her��
Went forward a few steps�察�and having waited
As long as Martha's eyes would look at hers��
Went forward a few more�察�and a few more��
And so�察�until she came to Lazarus��
Who crouched with his face hidden in his hands��
Like one that had no face。 Before she spoke��
Feeling her sister's eyes that were behind her
As if the door where Martha stood were now
As far from her as Egypt�察�Mary turned
Once more to see that she was there。 Then�察�softly��
Fearing him not so much as wondering
What his first word might be�察�said�察 �Lazarus��
Forgive us if we seemed afraid of you�察�
And having spoken�察�pitied her poor speech
That had so little seeming gladness in it��
So little comfort�察�and so little love。
There was no sign from him that he had heard��
Or that he knew that she was there�察�or cared
Whether she spoke to him again or died
There at his feet。 ;We love you�察�Lazarus��
And we are not afraid。 The Master said
We need not be afraid。 Will you not say
To me that you are glad�拭 �Look�察�Lazarus��
Look at my face�察�and see me。 This is Mary。;
She found his hands and held them。 They were cool��
Like hers�察�but they were not so calm as hers。
Through the white robes in which his friends had wrapped him
When he had groped out of that awful sleep��
She felt him trembling and she was afraid。
At last he sighed�察�and she prayed hungrily
To God that she might have again the voice
Of Lazarus�察�whose hands were giving her now
The recognition of a living pressure
That was almost a language。 When he spoke��
Only one word that she had waited for
Came from his lips�察�and that word was her name。
;I heard them saying�察�Mary�察�that He wept
Before I woke。; The words were low and shaken��
Yet Mary knew that he who uttered them
Was Lazarus�察�and that would be enough
Until there should be more 。 。 。 ;Who made Him come��
That He should weep for me�拭 � 。 。 Was it you�察�Mary�拭�
The questions held in his incredulous eyes
Were more than she would see。 She looked away��
But she had felt them and should feel for ever��
She thought�察�their cold and lonely desperation
That had the bitterness of all cold things
That were not cruel。 ;I should have wept�察─�he said��
;If I had been the Master。 。 。 。;
Now she could feel
His hands above her hair the same black hair
That once he made a jest of�察�praising it��
While Martha's busy eyes had left their work
To flash with laughing envy。 Nothing of that
Was to be theirs again�察�and such a thought
Was like the flying by of a quick bird
Seen through a shadowy doorway in the twilight。
For now she felt his hands upon her head��
Like weights of kindness�此 �I forgive you�察�Mary。 。 。 。
You did not know Martha could not have known
Only the Master knew。 。 。 。 Where is He now��
Yes�察�I remember。 They came after Him。
May the good God forgive Him。 。 。 。 I forgive Him。
I must�察�and I may know only from Him
The burden of all this。 。 。 。 Martha was here
But I was not yet here。 She was afraid。 。 。 。
Why did He do it�察�Mary�拭 �Was it you��
Was it for you�拭 � 。 。 Where are the friends I saw��
Yes�察�I remember。 They all went away。
I made them go away。 。 。 。 Where is He now�拭 � 。 。
What do I see down there�拭 �Do I see Martha
Down by the door�拭 � 。 。 I must have time for this。;
Lazarus looked about him fearfully��
And then again at Mary�察�who discovered
Awakening apprehension in his eyes��
And shivered at his feet。 All she had feared
Was here�察�and only in the slow reproach
Of his forgiveness lived his gratitude。
Why had he asked if it was all for her
That he was here�拭 �And what had Martha meant��
Why had the Master waited�拭 �What was coming
To Lazarus�察�and to them�察�that had not come��
What had the Master seen before He came��
That He had come so late��
;Where is He�察�Mary�拭�
Lazarus asked again。 ;Where did He go�拭�
Once more he gazed about him�察�and once more
At Mary for an answer。 ;Have they found Him��
Or did He go away because He wished
Never to look into my eyes again�拭 � 。 。
That�察�I could understand。 。 。 。 Where is He�察�Mary�拭�
;I do not know�察─�she said。 ;Yet in my heart
I know that He is living�察�as you are living
Living�察�and here。 He is not far from us。
He will come back to us and find us all
Lazarus�察�Martha�察�Mary everything
All as it was before。 Martha said that。
And He said we were not to be afraid。;
Lazarus closed his eyes while on his face
A tortured adumbration of a smile
Flickered an instant。 ;All as it was before�察�
He murmured wearily。 ;Martha said that��
And He said you were not to be afraid 。 。 。
Not you 。 。 。 Not you 。 。 。 Why should you be afraid��
Give all your little fears�察�and Martha's with them��
To me�察�and I will add them unto mine��
Like a few rain´drops to Gennesaret。;
;If you had frightened me in other ways��
Not willing it�察─�Mary said�察 �I should have known
You still for Lazarus。 But who is this��
Tell me again that you are Lazarus��
And tell me if the Master gave to you
No sign of a new joy that shall be coming
To this house that He loved。 Are you afraid��
Are you afraid�察�who have felt everything
And seen 。 。 。 �拭�
But Lazarus only shook his head��
Staring with his bewildered shining eyes
Hard into Mary's face。 ;I do not know��
Mary�察─�he said�察�after a long time。
;When I came back�察�I knew the Master's eyes
Were looking into mine。 I looked at His��
And there was more in them than I could see。
At first I could see nothing but His eyes��
Nothing else anywhere was to be seen
Only His eyes。 And they looked into mine
Long into mine�察�Mary�察�as if He knew。;
Mary began to be afraid of words
As she had never been afraid before
Of loneliness or darkness�察�or of death��
But now she must have more of them or die��
;He cannot know that there is worse than death�察�
She said。 ;And you 。 。 。;
;Yes�察�there is worse than death。;
Said Lazarus�察 �and that was what He knew��
And that is what it was that I could see
This morning in his eyes。 I was afraid��
But not as you are。 There is worse than death��
Mary�察�and there is nothing that is good
For you in dying while you are still here。
Mary�察�never go back to that again。
You would not hear me if I told you more��
For I should say it only in a language
That you are not to learn by going back。
To be a child again is to go forward
And that is much to know。 Many grow old��
And fade�察�and go away�察�not knowing how much
That is to know。 Mary�察�the night is coming��
And there will soon be darkness all around you。
Let us go down where Martha waits for us��
And let there be light shining in this house。;
He rose�察�but Mary would not let him go��
;Martha�察�when she came back from here�察�said only
That she heard nothing。 And have you no more
For Mary now than you had then for Martha��
Is Nothing�察�Lazarus�察�all you have for me��
Was Nothing all you found where you have been��
If that be so�察�what is there worse than that
Or better if that be so�拭 �And why should you��
With even our love�察�go the same dark road over�拭�
;I could not answer that�察�if that were so�察�
Said Lazarus�察 �not even if I were God。
Why should He care whether I came or stayed��
If that were so�拭 �Why should the Master weep
For me�察�or for the world�察 �or save Himself
Longer for nothing�拭 �And if that were so��
Why should a few years' more mortality
Make Him a fugitive where flight were needless��
Had He but held his peace and given his nod
To an old Law that would be new as any��
I cannot say the answer to all that��
Though I may say that He is not afraid��
And that it is not for the joy there is
In serving an eternal Ignorance
Of our futility that He is here。
Is that what you and Martha mean by Nothing��
Is that what you are fearing�拭 �If that be so��
There are more weeds than lentils in your garden。
And one whose weeds are laughing at his harvest
May as well have no garden�察�for not there
Shall he be gleaning the few bits and orts
Of life that are to save him。 For my part��
I am again with you�察�here among shadows
That will not always be so dark as this��
Though now I see there's yet an evil in me
That made me let you be afraid of me。
No�察�I was not afraid not even of life。
I thought I was 。 。 。 I must have time for this��
And all the time there is will not be long。
I cannot tell you what the Master saw
This morning in my eyes。 I do not know。
I cannot yet say how far I have gone��
Or why it is that I am here again��
Or where the old road leads。 I do not know。
I know that when I did come back�察�I saw
His eyes again among the trees and faces
Only His eyes�察�and they looked into mine
Long into mine long�察�long�察�as if He knew。;
End
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