For all mankind to see the light Behind the huddled masses, look To hope out of the stain and blight Where love and light, at once, forsook By pilgrim feet, were known to rest. They dwelt in hearts now cold, recessed. By pilgrim feet By pilgrim feet Are trod the…
I said such fears fall--let it be. You softly said this new love mustn't mean So little like it did, dear, When we were young and glorious green, Naive, near, full of fear. Tell time it cannot care like we But must make love look strong for me.…
Take knowledge, in its final form, to be The greatest gain and greatest good for now. There's time enough to love and to run free But foolishness is risky; I'll allow A certain charm and weight to bourgeoisie, But stick to higher echelons. I vow, The…
Why should a man still feel a sense of terror, Confronted with a man just like himself, In every way: his height, his build, his wealth, And yet continue clinging to his error? Perhaps it is not color we're afraid of. Perhaps it's certain grudges we…
What sort of hope outlasts such labored breathing, Heaving through the mountains like a lost art form, Cutting quick the arteries, now bereaving, Now enduring, now demanding hope conform? Trembling soul, you have not lost the fight till now; Give way to every circumstance life allows, And carry with you…
1. Breath held strictly back, The rain is no longer soft. She breaks and breathes light, From highest heaven to earth With a day brought forth in night. 2. No man feels mortal In rain-washed skin like armor. Thunder is his worth And storms brought forth his drum, For a…
Just what materials are enlaced In the cup of wine for this, our king Who has poured out (to his mind, his right) A wrath, like wine? What horrible thing Makes up the essence he calls his own Withholding grace from those far below? When was the right to judgement…