Life LXIV: He preached upon “breadth” (1207)
Part One: Life
LXIV
HE preached upon “breadth” till it argued him narrow—
The broad are too broad to define:
And of “truth” until it proclaimed him a liar—
The truth never flaunted a sign.
Simplicity fled from his counterfeit presence
As gold the pyrites would shun.
What confusion would cover the innocent Jesus
To meet so enabled a man!