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him as I can�察�At his bewildered and unfruitful task Of being what he was 

born to be  a man。 

     Better forget that I said anything Of what your tortured memory may 

disclose�察�I know him�察�and your worst remembering Would count as much 

as nothing�察�I suppose。 

     Meanwhile�察�I trust him�察�and I know his way Of trusting me�察�as always 

in his youth。 I'm painting here a better man�察�you say�察�Than I�察�the painter�察�

and you say the truth。 



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                             Peace on Earth 



    He took a frayed hat from his head�察�And ;Peace on Earth; was what he 

said。 ;A morsel out of what you're worth�察�And there we have it�此�Peace on 

Earth。   Not   much�察  �although   a   little   more   Than   what   there   was   on   earth 

before。 I'm as you see�察�I'm Ichabod�察 �But never mind the ways I've trod�察�

I'm sober now�察�so help me God。; 

     I could not pass the fellow by。 ;Do you believe in God�拭─�said I�察 �And 

is there to be Peace on Earth�拭─�

     ;Tonight we celebrate the birth�察─�He said�察 �of One who died for men�察�

The Son   of God�察 �we say。 What then�拭�Your God�察 �or mine�拭  �I'd make   you 

laugh   Were   I   to   tell   you   even   half   That   I   have   learned   of   mine   today 

Where yours would hardly seem to stay。 Could He but follow in and out 

Some anthropoids I know about�察�The God to whom you may have prayed 

Might see a world He never made。; 

     ;Your words are flowing full�察─�said I�察 �But yet they give me no reply�察�

Your fountain might as well be dry。; 

     ;A wiser One than you�察�my friend�察�Would wait and hear me to the end�察�

And   for   His   eyes   a   light   would   shine   Through   this   unpleasant   shell   of 

mine That in your fancy makes of me A Christmas curiosity。 All right�察�I 

might be worse than that�察�And you might now be lying flat�察�I might have 

done it from behind�察�And taken what there was to find。 Don't worry�察�for 

I'm not that kind。 `Do I believe in God��' Is that The price tonight of a new 

hat�拭�Has He commanded that His name Be written everywhere the same�拭�

Have all who live in every place Identified His hidden face�拭�Who knows 

but He may like as well My story as one you may tell�拭�And if He show me 

there be Peace On Earth�察�as there be fields and trees Outside a jail´yard�察�

am I wrong If now I sing Him a new song�拭�Your world is in yourself�察�my 

friend�察�For your endurance to the end�察�And all the Peace there is on Earth 

Is faith in what your world is worth�察�And saying�察�without any lies�察�Your 

world could not be otherwise。; 

     ;One might say that and then be shot�察─�I told him�察�and he said�此 �Why 

not�拭─  �I   ceased�察  �and   gave   him   rather   more   Than   he   was   counting   of   my 



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store。 ;And since I have it�察�thanks to you�察�Don't ask me what I mean to 

do�察─�Said he。 ;Believe that even I Would rather tell the truth than lie  On 

Christmas Eve。 No matter why。; 

    His unshaved�察�educated face�察�His inextinguishable grace�察�And his hard 

smile�察�are with me still�察�Deplore the vision as I will�察�For whatsoever he be 

at�察�So droll a derelict as that Should have at least another hat。 



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                              Late Summer 



       ��Alcaics�� 



     Confused�察�he found her lavishing feminine Gold upon clay�察�and found 

her inscrutable�察�And yet she smiled。 Why�察�then�察�should horrors Be as they 

were�察�without end�察�her playthings�拭�

    And why were dead years hungrily telling her Lies of the dead�察�who 

told   them    again   to  her�拭  �If  now   she   knew�察  �there   might   be   kindness 

Clamoring yet where a faith lay stifled。 

    A   little  faith  in  him�察  �and   the  ruinous   Past   would   be   for  time   to 

annihilate�察�And wash out�察�like a tide that washes Out of the sand what a 

child has drawn there。 

     God�察�what a shining handful of happiness�察�Made out of days and out of 

eternities�察�Were now the pulsing end of patience  Could he but have what 

a ghost had stolen� �

    What was a man before him�察�or ten of them�察�While he was here alive 

who could answer them�察�And in their teeth fling confirmations Harder than 

agates against an egg´shell�拭�

    But now the man was dead�察�and would come again Never�察�though she 

might   honor   ineffably   The   flimsy   wraith   of   him   she   conjured   Out   of   a 

dream with his wand of absence。 

    And if the truth were now but a mummery�察�Meriting pride's implacable 

irony�察�So much the worse for pride。 Moreover�察�Save her or fail�察�there was 

conscience always。 

    Meanwhile�察�a few misgivings of innocence�察�Imploring to be sheltered 

and    credited�察  �Were   not   amiss   when    she   revealed   them。   Whether     she 

struggled or not�察�he saw them。 

    Also�察�he saw that while she was hearing him Her eyes had more and 

more of the past in them�察�And while he told what cautious honor Told him 

was all he had best be sure of�察�

    He wondered once or twice�察�inadvertently�察�Where shifting winds were 

driving his argosies�察�Long anchored and as long unladen�察�Over the foam 

for the golden chances。 



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     ;If men were not for killing so carelessly�察�And women were for wiser 

endurances�察─�He said�察 �we might have yet a world here Fitter for Truth to 

be seen abroad in�察�

     ;If   Truth   were   not   so   strange   in   her   nakedness�察  �And   we   were   less 

forbidden to look at it�察�We might not have to look。; He stared then Down 

at the sand where the tide threw forward 

     Its   cold�察  �unconquered   lines�察  �that   unceasingly   Foamed   against   hope�察�

and fell。 He was calm enough�察�Although he knew he might be silenced Out 

of all calm�察�and the night was coming。 

     ;I climb for you the peak of his infamy That you may choose your fall 

if you cling to it。 No more for me unless you say more。 All you have left 

of a dream defends you�此�

     ;The truth may be as evil an augury As it was needful now for the two 

of us。 We cannot have the dead between us。 Tell me to go�察�and I go。;  

She  pondered�此   �What   you   believe  is   right   for  the two   of  us   Makes it   as 

right that you are not one of us。 If this be needful truth you tell me�察�Spare 

me�察�and let me have lies hereafter。; 

     She gazed away where shadows were covering The whole cold ocean's 

healing   indifference。   No   ship   was   coming。   When   the   darkness   Fell�察  �she 

was there�察�and alone�察�still gazing。 



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                       An Evangelist's Wife 



     ;Why   am   I   not   myself   these   many   days�察  �You   ask�拭  �And   have   you 

nothing more to ask�拭�I do you wrong�拭�I do not hear your praise To God for 

giving you me to share your task�拭�

     ;Jealous  of Her�拭�Because her cheeks are pink�察�And she has eyes�拭�No�察�

not if she had seven。 If you should only steal an hour to think�察�Sometime�察�

there might be less to be forgiven。 

     ;No�察  �you   are   never   cruel。   If   once   or   twice   I   found   you   so�察  �I   could 

applaud and sing。 Jealous of  What�拭�You are not very wise。 Does not the 

good Book tell you anything�拭�

     ;In David's time poor Michal had to go。 Jealous of God�拭�Well�察�if you 

like it so。; 



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                 he Old King's New Jester 



     You   that   in   vain   would   front   the   coming   order   With   eyes   that   meet 

forlornly   what   they   must�察�And   only   with   a   furtive   recognition   See   dust 

where there is dust�察 �Be sure you like it always in your faces�察�Obscuring 

your best graces�察�Blinding your speech and sight�察�Before you seek again 

your dusty places Where the old wrong seems right。 

     Longer   ago   than   cave´men   had   their   changes   Our   fathers   may   have 

slain a son or two�察�Discouraging a further dialectic Regarding what   was 

new�察�And after their unstudied admonition Occasional contrition For their 

old´fashioned       ways    May    have   reduced     their  doubts�察   �and   in  addition 

Softened their final days。 

     Farther away than   feet shall   ever travel Are   the vague towers of   our 

unbuilded State�察�But there are mightier things than we to lead us�察�That will 

not let us wait。 And we go on with none to tell us whether Or not we've 

each a tether Determining how fast or far we go�察�And it is well�察�since we 

must go together�察�That we are not to know。 

     If   the   old   wrong   and   all   its injured   glamour   Haunts   you   by  day  and 

gives your night no peace�察�You may as well�察�agreeably and serenely�察�Give 

the new wrong its lease�察�For should you nourish a too fervid yearning For 

what is not returning�察�The vicious and unfused ingredient May give you 

qualms  and one or two concerning The last of your content。 



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                                       Lazarus 



     ;No�察  �Mary�察  �there   was   nothing      not   a   word。   Nothing�察  �and   always 

nothing。 Go again Yourself�察�and he may listen  or at least Look up at you�察�

and let you see his eyes。 I might as well have been the sound of rain�察�A 

wind among the c
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