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grasped me。 We came to wrestling grips�察�And back and forth we swayed�察�
Hand seeking throat�察 �and crook'd knee seeking To encrook unwary leg�察�
And spread toes grasping the uneven ground�察�The strained breast muscles
cracked and creaked�察 �The sweat ran in my eyes�察 �The plagued breath
sobbed and whistled through my throat�察�I tasted blood�察�and strangled�察�
but still struggled on The stars above me danced in swarms like
yellow bees�察�The shaken moonlight writhed upon the rocks�察�But at
the last I felt his breathing weaker grow�察�The tense limbs grow less tense�察�
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And with a bursting cry I bent his head right back�察�Back�察�back�察�until I
heard his neck bones snap�察�His spine crunched in my grip�察�I flung him to
the earth and knelt upon his breast
And listened till the fluttering pulse was stilled。 Man�察�god�察�or devil�察�I
had wrenched the life from him� �And lo��even as he died The
moonlight failed above the vale�察�And somehow�察�sure�察�I know now how� �
Between the rifted rocks the great Sun struck A finger down the cliff�察�and
that red beam Lay sharp across the face of him that I had slain�察�And in that
light I read the answer of the silent gods Unto my cursed´out prayer�察�
For he that lay upon the ground wasI� �I understood the lesson then�察 �It
was myself that lay there dead�察�Yes�察�I had slain my Self。
THE REBEL
No doubt the ordered worlds speed on With purpose in their wings�察�
No doubt the ordered songs are sweet Each worthy angel sings�察�And
doubtless it is wise to heed The ordered words of Kings�察�
But how the heart leaps up to greet The headlong�察 �rebel flight�察�
Whenas some reckless meteor Blazes across the night� �Some comet
ByronLucifer Has dared to Be�察�and fight� �
No doubt but it is safe to dwell Where ordered duties are�察�No doubt
the cherubs earn their wage Who wind each ticking star�察�
No doubt the system is quite right� �Sane�察�ordered�察�regular�察�
But how the rebel fires the soul Who dares the strong gods' ire� �
Each Byron��Shelley��Lucifer� �And all the outcast choir That chant
when some Prometheus Leaps up to steal Jove's fire� �
THE CHILD AND THE MILL
BETTER a pauper�察�penniless�察�asleep on the kindly sod Better a
gipsy�察�houseless�察�but near to the heart of God�察�
That beats for ears not dulled by the clanking wheels of care
Better starvation and freedom�察�hope and the good fresh air
Than death to the Something in him that was born to laugh and
dream�察�That was kin to the idle lilies and the ripples of the stream。
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For out of the dreams of childhood�察�that careless come and go�察�
The boy gains strength�察 �unknowing�察 �that the Man will prove and
know。
But these fools with their lies and their dollars�察�their mills and
their bloody hands�察 �Who make a god of a wheel�察 �who worship their
whirring bands�察�
They are flinging the life of a people�察�raw�察�to the brute machines。
Dull´eyed�察�weary�察�and oldold in his early teens
Stunted and stupid and twisted�察�marred in the mills of grief�察�Can
your factories fashion a Man of this thing a Man and a Chief�拭�
Dumb is the heart of him now�察�at the time when his heart should
sing Wasters of body and brain�察�what race will the future bring�拭�
What of the nation's nerve whenas swift crises come�拭 �What of
the brawn that should heave the guns on the beck of the drum�拭�
Thieves of body and soul�察 �who can neither think nor feel�察�
Swine´eyed priests of little false gods of gold and steel�察�
Bow to your obscene altars�察�worship your loud mills then� �Feed
to Moloch and Baal the brawn and brains of men
But silent and watchful and hidden forever over all The masters
brood of those Mills that ;grind exceeding small。;
And it needs no occult art nor magic to foreshow That a people who
sow defeat they will reap the thing they sow。
;SIC TRANSIT GLORIA MUNDI;
CONQUERORS leonine�察�lordly�察 �Princes and vaunting kings�察�Ye are
drunk with the sound of your braggart trumps But lo� �ye are
little things� �
Earth 。 。 。 it is charnel with monarchs� �And the puffs of dust that
start Where your war steeds stamp with their ringing hoofs Were each
some warrior's heart。
Peoples imperial�察�mighty�察 �Masterful�察�challenging fate�察�The tread of
your cohorts shakes the hills But lo� �ye are not great� �
Nations that swarm and murmur�察 �Ye are moths that flutter and
climb Ye are whirling gnats�察�ye are swirling bees�察 �Tossed in the winds
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of time� �
Earth that is flushed with glory�察 �A marvelous world ye are� �But lo� �
in the midst of a million stars Ye are only one pale star� �
A breath stirs the dark abysses。 。 。 。 The deeps below the deep Are
troubled and vexed 。 。 。 and a thousand worlds Fall on eternal sleep� �
THE COMRADE
I
HATH not man at his noblest An air of something more than man�拭�A
hint of grace immortal�察 �Born of his greatly daring to assist the gods In
conquering these shaggy wastes�察 �These desert worlds�察�And planting life
and order in these stars�拭�So Woman at her best�此�Her eyes are bright with
visions and with dreams That triumph over time�察 �Her plumed thought�察�
wing for wing�察�is mate with his。
II
The world rolls on from dream to dream�察 �And 'neath the vast
impersonal revenges of its going�察�
Crushed fools that cried defeat Lie dead amid the dust they
prophesied Ye doubters of man's larger destiny�察 �Ye that despair�察 �Look
backward down the vistaed years�察�And all is battleand all victory� �Man
fought�察 �to be a man� �Through painful centuries the slow beast fought�察�
Blinded and baffled�察 �fought to gain his soul�察 �Wild�察 �hairy�察 �shag�察 �and
feared of shadows�察 �Yet the clouds Made him strange signals that he
puzzled o'er�察�Beast�察�child�察�and ape�察�And yet the winds harped to him�察�and
the sea Rolled in upon his consciousness Its tides of wonder and romance�察�
´ Uncouth and caked with mire�察�And yet the stars said something to him�察�
and the sun Declared itself a god�察�The lagging cycles turned at last
The pictures into thought�察�Thought flowered in soul�察�But�察�oh�察�the myriad
weary years Ere Caliban was Shakespeare's self And Darwin's ape had
Darwin's brain� �The battling�察�battling�察�and the steep ascent�察�The fight to
hold the little gained�察�The loss�察�the doubt�察�the shaken heart�察�The stubborn�察�
groping slow recovery� �But looking backward toward the dim
beginnings�察�You that despair�察�Hath he not climbed and conquered�拭�Look
backward and all's Victory� �What coward looks forward and foresees
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defeat�拭�
III
Who climbed beside him�察�and who fought And suffered and was glad�拭�
Is she a lesser thing than he�察�Who stained the slopes with bloody feet�察�or
stood Beside him on some hard´won eminence of hope Exulting as the
bold dawn swept A harper hand along the ringing hills�拭�Flesh of his flesh�察�
and of his soul the soul�察�Hath she not fought�察�hath she not climbed�拭�
And how is she a lesser thing�拭�Nay�察�if she ever was 'Twas we that
made her so�察�who called her queen But kept her slave。
IV
Had she not courage for the fight�拭�Hath she not courage for the years
to come�拭�Hath she not courage who descends alone ��How pitifully alone�察�
except for Love�。� Where man's thought even falters that would
follow�察 �Into the shadowy abyss ��Through vast and murmurous caverns
dark with crowding dread And terrible with hovering wings���察 �To
battle there with Death��to battle There with Death�察�and wrest from him�察�
O Conqueror and Mother�察�Life� �
V
Hath she too long dwelt dream´bound in the world of love�察�
Unconscious of the sterner throes�察�The more austere�察�impersonal�察�wide
faith�察 �The urge that drives Christs to the cross Not for the love of one
beloved�察�But for the love of all�拭�If so�察�she wakes� �Wakes and demands a
share in all man's bolder
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