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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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