I saw a man pursuing the horizon; Round and round they sped. I was disturbed at this; I accosted the man. “It is futile,” I said,

The trees in the garden rained flo… Children ran there joyously. They gathered the flowers Each to himself. Now there were some

On the horizon the peaks assembled… And as I looked, The march of the mountains began. As they marched, they sang, “Aye! We come! We come!”

Forth went the candid man And spoke freely to the wind— When he looked about him he was in… Forth went the candid man And spoke freely to the stars—

Once, I knew a fine song, —It is true, believe me— It was all of birds, And I held them in a basket; When I opened the wicket,

Two or three angels Came near to the earth. They saw a fat church. Little black streams of people Came and went in continually.

A god in wrath Was beating a man; He cuffed him loudly With thunderous blows That rang and rolled over the eart…

“Truth,” said a traveller, “Is a rock, a mighty fortress; Often have I been to it, Even to its highest tower, From whence the world looks black.…

In a lonely place, I encountered a sage Who sat, all still, Regarding a newspaper. He accosted me:

There was a man and a woman Who sinned. Then did the man heap the punishme… All upon the head of her, And went away gaily.

I explain the silvered passing of… The sweep of each sad lost wave, The dwindling boom of the steel th… The little cry of a man to a man, A shadow falling across the greyer…

UNWIND my riddle. Cruel as hawks the hours fly; Wounded men seldom come home to di… The hard waves see an arm flung hi… Scorn hits strong because of a lie…

The successful man has thrust hims… Through the water of the years, Reeking wet with mistakes— Bloody mistakes; Slimed with victories over the les…

A man feared that he might find an… Another that he might find a victi… One was more wise than the other.

There was a man with tongue of woo… Who essayed to sing, And in truth it was lamentable. But there was one who heard The clip-clapper of this tongue of…