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Why Jesus Wept
Why Jesus Wept (1904), PDF p. 24
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WHY JESUS WEPT.
Whispers and yells,
Alight in my breast.
God ! for the spells
That unseal men — a rest !
No higher ? I have climbed
This pinnacled steep.
It mocks me, this heaven
Of thine, Adonai !
Rather be limed
In the dusk, in the deep,
Seven times seven
Thy hells, O Jehovah !
I tune the great Name
To a million vowels : —
It escapes me, the flame !
But deep in my bowels
Growls the deep lust,
The bitter distrust,
The icy fear,
The cruel thought !
O ! I am here —
And here is nought.
I must rave on.
I hate the sun.
Anon ! Anon !
Let us both begone,
Thou fiend that pourest
One by one
These evil words
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