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best in them To say�察�for they can say no more than that�察�And they can do 

no more than what the dawn Of one more day shall give them light enough 

To   do。  But   there   are   many  days   to   be�察�And there   are   many  men   to give 

their blood�察�As I gave mine for them。 May they come soon� �

     May they come soon�察�I say。 And when they come�察�May all that I have 

said unheard be heard�察�Proving at last�察�or maybe not  no matter  What 

sort of madness was the part of me That made me strike�察�whether I found 

the mark Or missed it。 Meanwhile�察�I've a strange content�察�A patience�察�and a 

vast indifference To what men say of me and what men fear To say。 There 

was a work to be begun�察�And when the Voice�察�that I have heard so long�察�

Announced as in a thousand silences An end of preparation�察�I began The 

coming work of death which is to be�察�That life may be。 There is no other 



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way Than the old way of war for a new land That will not know itself and 

is tonight A stranger to itself�察�and to the world A more prodigious upstart 

among states Than I was among men�察�and so shall be Till they are told and 

told�察�and told again�察�For men are children�察�waiting to be told�察�And most of 

them are children all their lives。 The good God in his wisdom had them so�察�

That   now   and   then   a   madman   or   a   seer   May   shake   them   out   of   their 

complacency And shame them into deeds。 The major file See only what 

their fathers may have seen�察�Or  may have said they saw when they saw 

nothing。  I   do   not   say  it   matters   what   they  saw。   Now   and   again   to   some 

lone soul or other God speaks�察�and there is hanging to be done�察 �As once 

there was a burning of our bodies Alive�察�albeit our souls were sorry fuel。 

But now the fires are few�察�and we are poised Accordingly�察�for the state's 

benefit�察�A  few   still   minutes   between   heaven   and   earth。   The   purpose   is�察�

when they have seen enough Of what it is that they are not to see�察�To pluck 

me as an unripe fruit of treason�察�And then to fling me back to the same 

earth Of which they are�察�as I suppose�察�the flower  Not given to know the 

riper fruit that waits For a more comprehensive harvesting。 

     Yes�察�may they come�察�and soon。 Again I say�察�May they come soon�  �

before too many of them Shall be the bloody cost of our defection。 When 

hell waits on the dawn of a new state�察�Better it were that hell should not 

wait long�察 �Or so it is I see it who should see As far or farther into time 

tonight Than they who talk and tremble for me now�察�Or wish me to those 

everlasting fires That are for me no fear。 Too many fires Have sought me 

out and seared me to the bone  Thereby�察�for all I know�察�to temper me For 

what was mine to do。 If I did ill What I did well�察�let men say I was mad�察�

Or let my name for ever be a question That will not sleep in history。 What 

men   say   I   was   will   cool   no   cannon�察  �dull   no   sword�察  �Invalidate   no   truth。 

Meanwhile�察 �I  was�察�And   the  long   train   is   lighted   that   shall burn�察�Though 

floods of wrath may drench it�察�and hot feet May stamp it for a slight time 

into smoke That shall blaze up again with growing speed�察�Until at last a 

fiery crash will come To cleanse and shake a wounded hemisphere�察�And 

heal it of a long malignity That angry time discredits and disowns。 Tonight 

there are men saying many things�察�And some who see life in the last of me 

Will answer first the   coming call to death�察�For death   is what is   coming�察�



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and then life。 I do not say again for the dull sake Of speech what you have 

heard me say before�察�But rather for the sake of all I am�察�And all God made 

of me。 A man to die As I do must have done some other work Than man's 

alone。   I   was   not   after   glory�察  �But   there   was   glory  with   me�察  �like   a   friend�察�

Throughout those crippling years when friends were few�察�And fearful to be 

known by their own names When mine was vilified for their approval。 Yet 

friends they are�察�and they did what was given Their will to do�察�they could 

have done no more。 I was the one man mad enough�察�it seems�察�To do my 

work�察�and now my work is over。 And you�察�my dear�察�are not to mourn for 

me�察�Or for   your sons�察�more   than a   soul should mourn   In Paradise�察�done 

with evil and with earth。 There is not much of earth in what remains For 

you�察�and what there may be left of it For your endurance you shall have at 

last In peace�察�without the twinge of any fear For my condition�察�for I shall 

be done With plans and actions that have heretofore Made your days long 

and your nights ominous With darkness and the many distances That were 

between us。 When the silence comes�察�I shall in faith be nearer to you then 

Than I am now in fact。 What you see now Is only the outside of an old 

man�察�Older than years have made him。 Let him die�察�And let him be a thing 

for little grief。 There was a time for service�察�and he served�察�And there is no 

more time for anything But a short gratefulness to those who gave Their 

scared allegiance to an enterprise That has the name of treason  which 

will serve As well as any other for the present。 There are some deeds of 

men that have no names�察�And mine may like as not be one of them。 I am 

not looking far for names tonight。 The King of Glory was without a name 

Until   men   gave   him   one�察  �yet   there   He   was�察  �Before   we   found   Him   and 

affronted Him With numerous ingenuities of evil�察�Of which one�察�with His 

aid�察�is to be swept And washed out of the world with fire and blood。 

     Once I believed it might have come to pass With a small cost of blood�察�

but I was dreaming  Dreaming that I believed。 The Voice I heard When I 

left you behind me in the north�察 �To wait there and to wonder and grow 

old Of loneliness�察 �told only what was best�察�And with a saving vagueness�察�

I should know Till I knew more。 And had I known even then  After grim 

years of   search   and suffering�察 �So   many  of them  to   end as   they  began    

After   my   sickening   doubts   and   estimations   Of   plans   abandoned   and   of 



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new plans vain  After a weary delving everywhere For men with every 

virtue but the Vision  Could I have known�察�I say�察�before I left you That 

summer morning�察�all there was to know  Even unto the last consuming 

word   That   would   have   blasted   every   mortal   answer As   lightning   would 

annihilate a leaf�察�I might have trembled on that summer morning�察�I might 

have wavered�察�and I might have failed。 

    And   there   are   many  among   men   today To   say  of   me   that   I had   best 

have wavered。 So has it been�察�so shall it always be�察�For those of us who 

give ourselves to die Before   we   are so parcelled   and approved As to be 

slaughtered by authority。 We do   not make   so much   of what they say As 

they of what our folly says of us�察�They give us hardly time enough for that�察�

And thereby we gain much by losing little。 Few are alive to´day with less 

to lose Than I who tell you this�察�or more to gain�察�And whether I speak as 

one   to   be   destroyed   For   no good   end   outside his   own   destruction�察�Time 

shall have more to say than men shall hear Between now and the coming 

of that harvest Which is to come。 Before it comes�察�I go  By the short road 

that mystery makes long For man's endurance of accomplishment。 I shall 

have more to say when I am dead。 



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                             The False Gods 



     ;We are false and evanescent�察�and aware of our deceit�察�From the straw 

that is our vitals to the clay that is our feet。 You may serve us if you must�察�

and you shall have your wage of ashes�察 �Though arrears due thereafter 

may be hard for you to meet。 

     ;You may swear that we are solid�察�you may say that we are strong�察�But 

we know that we are neither and we say that you are wrong�察�You may find 

an easy worship in acclaiming our indulgence�察�But your large admiration 

of us now is not for long。 

     ;If your doom is to adore us with a doubt that's never still�察�And you 

pray to see our faces  pray in earnest�察�and you will。 You may gaze at us 

and live�察�and live assured of our confusion�此�For the False Gods are mortal�察�

and are made for you to kill。 

     ;And you may as well observe�察�while apprehensively at ease With an 

Art that's inorganic and is anything you please�察�That anon your newest ruin 

may lie crumbling unregarded�察�Like an old shrine forgotten in a forest of 

new trees。 

     ;Howsoever   like   no   other   be   the   mode   you   may   employ�察 �There's   an 

order   in   the   ages   for   the   ages   to  enjoy�察  �Though  the   temples   you  are 

shaping and the passions you are singing Are a long way from Athens and 

a longer way from Troy。 

     ;When we promise more than ever of what never shall arrive�察�And you 

seem a little more than ordinarily alive�察�Make a note that you are sure you 

understand our obligations  For there's grief always auditing where two 

and two are five。 

     ;There   was   this   for   us   to   say   and   there   was   this   for   you   to   know�察�

Though   it   humbles   and   it   hurts   us   when   we   have   to   tell   you   so。   If   you 

doubt the only truth in all our perjured composition�察�May the True Gods 

attend you and forget us when we go。; 



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