If there is a witness to my little… To my tiny throes and struggles, He sees a fool; And it is not fine for gods to men…

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

Supposing that I should have the… To let a red sword of virtue Plunge into my heart, Letting to the weeds of the ground My sinful blood,

I stood upon a highway, And, behold, there came Many strange peddlers. To me each one made gestures, Holding forth little images, sayin…

There was a great cathedral. To solemn songs, A white procession Moved toward the altar. The chief man there

I stood upon a high place, And saw, below, many devils Running, leaping, and carousing in sin. One looked up, grinning,

“And the sins of the fathers shall… visited upon the heads of the chil… even unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me.” Well, then I hate thee, unrighteo…

THOU art my love And thou art the peace of sundown When the blue shadows soothe And the grasses and the leaves sle… To the song of the little brooks

A slant of sun on dull brown walls… A forgotten sky of bashful blue. Toward God a mighty hymn, A song of collisions and cries, Rumbling wheels, hoof-beats, bells…

Many red devils ran from my heart And out upon the page, They were so tiny The pen could mash them. And many struggled in the ink.

I was in the darkness; I could not see my words Nor the wishes of my heart. Then suddenly there was a great li… “Let me into the darkness again.”

ONCE I saw mountains angry, And ranged in battle-front. Against them stood a little man; Ay, he was no bigger than my finge… I laughed, and spoke to one near m…

“Tell brave deeds of war.” Then they recounted tales,— “There were stern stands And bitter runs for glory.” Ah, I think there were braver dee…

“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: