On the desert A silence from the moon’s deepest… Fire rays fall athwart the robes Of hooded men, squat and dumb. Before them, a woman

With eye and with gesture You say you are holy. I say you lie; For I did see you Draw away your coats

There was a man who lived a life o… Even upon the fabric of time, Where purple becomes orange And orange purple, This life glowed,

There was, before me, Mile upon mile Of snow, ice, burning sand. And yet I could look beyond all t… To a place of infinite beauty;

You say you are holy, And that Because I have not seen you sin. Aye, but there are those Who see you sin, my friend.

Once there was a man - Oh, so wise! In all drink He detected the bitter, And in all touch

Your cross? The real cross Is made of pounds, Dollars or francs. Here I bear my palms for the sill…

Aman said to the universe, ‘Sir, I exist!’ ‘However,’ replied the universe, ‘The fact has not created in me A sense of obligation.’

“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.…

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

Should the wide world roll away Leaving black terror Limitless night, Nor God, nor man, nor place to st… Would be to me essential

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

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.

Friend, your white beard sweeps th… Why do you stand, expectant? Do you hope to see it In one of your withered days? With your old eyes

Yes, I have a thousand tongues, And nine and ninety-nine lie. Though I strive to use the one, It will make no melody at my will, But is dead in my mouth.