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was there�察�and alone�察�still gazing。 



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                       An Evangelist's Wife 



     ;Why   am   I   not   myself   these   many   days�察  �You   ask�拭  �And   have   you 

nothing more to ask�拭�I do you wrong�拭�I do not hear your praise To God for 

giving you me to share your task�拭�

     ;Jealous  of Her�拭�Because her cheeks are pink�察�And she has eyes�拭�No�察�

not if she had seven。 If you should only steal an hour to think�察�Sometime�察�

there might be less to be forgiven。 

     ;No�察  �you   are   never   cruel。   If   once   or   twice   I   found   you   so�察  �I   could 

applaud and sing。 Jealous of  What�拭�You are not very wise。 Does not the 

good Book tell you anything�拭�

     ;In David's time poor Michal had to go。 Jealous of God�拭�Well�察�if you 

like it so。; 



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                 he Old King's New Jester 



     You   that   in   vain   would   front   the   coming   order   With   eyes   that   meet 

forlornly   what   they   must�察�And   only   with   a   furtive   recognition   See   dust 

where there is dust�察 �Be sure you like it always in your faces�察�Obscuring 

your best graces�察�Blinding your speech and sight�察�Before you seek again 

your dusty places Where the old wrong seems right。 

     Longer   ago   than   cave´men   had   their   changes   Our   fathers   may   have 

slain a son or two�察�Discouraging a further dialectic Regarding what   was 

new�察�And after their unstudied admonition Occasional contrition For their 

old´fashioned       ways    May    have   reduced     their  doubts�察   �and   in  addition 

Softened their final days。 

     Farther away than   feet shall   ever travel Are   the vague towers of   our 

unbuilded State�察�But there are mightier things than we to lead us�察�That will 

not let us wait。 And we go on with none to tell us whether Or not we've 

each a tether Determining how fast or far we go�察�And it is well�察�since we 

must go together�察�That we are not to know。 

     If   the   old   wrong   and   all   its injured   glamour   Haunts   you   by  day  and 

gives your night no peace�察�You may as well�察�agreeably and serenely�察�Give 

the new wrong its lease�察�For should you nourish a too fervid yearning For 

what is not returning�察�The vicious and unfused ingredient May give you 

qualms  and one or two concerning The last of your content。 



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                                       Lazarus 



     ;No�察  �Mary�察  �there   was   nothing      not   a   word。   Nothing�察  �and   always 

nothing。 Go again Yourself�察�and he may listen  or at least Look up at you�察�

and let you see his eyes。 I might as well have been the sound of rain�察�A 

wind among the cedars�察�or a bird�察�Or nothing。 Mary�察�make him look at you�察�

And   even   if   he   should   say  that   we   are   nothing�察 �To   know  that   you   have 

heard him will be something。 And yet he loved us�察�and it was for love The 

Master gave him back。 Why did He wait So long before He came�拭�Why 

did He weep�拭�I thought He would be glad  and Lazarus  To see us all 

again as He had left us  All as it was�察�all as it was before。; 

     Mary�察  �who   felt   her   sister's   frightened   arms   Like   those   of   someone 

drowning   who   had   seized   her�察 �Fearing   at   last they  were   to   fail   and   sink 

Together      in  this   fog´stricken    sea   of   strangeness�察    �Fought    sadly�察  �with 

bereaved indignant eyes�察�To find again the fading shores of home That she 

had seen but now could see no longer。 Now she could only gaze into the 

twilight�察�And in the dimness know that he was there�察�Like someone that 

was not。 He who had been Their brother�察�and was dead�察�now seemed alive 

Only in death again  or worse than death�察�For tombs at least�察�always until 

today�察  �Though   sad   were   certain。   There   was   nothing   certain   For   man   or 

God in such a day as this�察�For there they were alone�察�and there was he  

Alone�察  �and   somewhere   out of   Bethany�察�The   Master      who   had   come   to 

them so late�察�Only for love of them and then so slowly�察�And was for their 

sake hunted now by men Who feared Him as they feared no other prey  

For the world's sake was hidden。 ;Better the tomb For Lazarus than life�察�if 

this   be   life�察─  �She   thought�察  �and   then   to   Martha�察   �No�察  �my   dear�察─  �She   said 

aloud�察 �not as it was before。 Nothing is ever as it was before�察�Where Time 

has been。 Here there is more than Time�察�And we that are so lonely and so 

far From home�察�since he is with us here again�察�Are farther now from him 

and from ourselves Than we are from the stars。 He will not speak Until the 

spirit that is in him speaks�察�And we must wait for all we are to know�察�Or 

even to learn that we are not to know。 Martha�察�we are too near to this for 

knowledge�察  �And   that   is   why   it   is   that   we   must   wait。   Our   friends   are 



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coming   if   we   call   for   them�察�And   there   are   covers   we'll   put over   him To 

make him warmer。 We are too young�察�perhaps�察�To say that we know better 

what is best Than he。 We   do not know  how  old he   is。  If   you   remember 

what the Master said�察�Try to believe that we need have no fear。 Let me�察�the 

selfish and the careless one�察�Be housewife and a mother for tonight�察�For I 

am not so fearful as you are�察�And I was not so eager。; 

       Martha sank Down at her sister's feet and there sat watching A flower 

that had a small familiar name That was as old as memory�察�but was not 

The name of what she saw now in its brief And infinite mystery that so 

frightened her That life became a terror。 Tears again Flooded her eyes and 

overflowed。   ;No�察  �Mary�察─  �She   murmured   slowly�察  �hating   her   own   words 

Before she heard them�察 �you are not so eager To see our brother as we see 

him now�察�Neither is He who gave him back to us。 I was to be the simple 

one�察�as always�察�And this was all for me。; She stared again Over among the 

trees where Lazarus�察�Who seemed to be a man who was not there�察�Might 

have been one more shadow among shadows�察�If she had not remembered。 

Then   she   felt   The   cool   calm   hands   of   Mary   on   her   face�察�And   shivered�察�

wondering if such hands were real。 

     ;The Master loved you as He loved us all�察�Martha�察�and you are saying 

only things That children say when they have had no sleep。 Try somehow 

now to rest a little while�察�You know that I am here�察�and that our friends 

Are coming if I call。; 

       Martha   at   last Arose�察  �and   went   with   Mary  to   the   door�察�Where   they 

stood   looking   off   at   the   same   place�察  �And   at   the   same   shape   that   was 

always there As if it would not ever move or speak�察�And always would be 

there。 ;Mary�察�go now�察�Before the dark that will be coming hides him。 I am 

afraid of him out there alone�察�Unless I see him�察�and I have forgotten What 

sleep is。 Go now  make him look at you  And I shall hear him if he stirs 

or whispers。 Go�  �or I'll scream and bring all Bethany To come and make 

him speak。 Make him say once That he is glad�察�and God may say the rest。 

Though He say I shall sleep�察�and sleep for ever�察�I shall not care for that 。 。 。 

Go� ─�

       Mary�察  �moving   Almost   as   if   an   angry   child   had   pushed   her�察  �Went 

forward a few steps�察�and having waited As long as Martha's eyes would 



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look at hers�察�Went forward a few more�察�and a few more�察�And so�察�until she 

came to Lazarus�察�Who crouched with his face hidden in his hands�察�Like 

one that had no face。 Before she spoke�察�Feeling her sister's eyes that were 

behind her As if the door where Martha stood were now As far from her as 

Egypt�察  �Mary   turned   Once   more   to   see   that   she   was   there。   Then�察  �softly�察�

Fearing him not so much as wondering What his first word might be�察�said�察�

;Lazarus�察  �Forgive   us   if   we   seemed   afraid   of   you�察─�And   having   spoken�察�

pitied her poor speech That had so little seeming gladness in it�察�So little 

comfort�察�and so little love。 

     There was no sign from him that he had heard�察�Or that he knew that 

she was there�察�or cared Whether she spoke to him again or died There at 

his feet。 ;We love you�察�Lazarus�察�And we are not afraid。 The Master said 

We need not be afraid。 Will you not say To me that you are glad�拭�L
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