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attention   Of   those   who   preach�察  �fearing   they   preach   in   vain。   You   are   to 

plant�察�and then to plant again Where you have gathered�察�gathering as you 

go�察�For you are in the fields that are eternal�察�And you have not the burden 

of the Lord Upon your mortal shoulders。 What you have Is a light yoke�察�

made lighter by the wearing�察�Till it shall have the wonder and the weight 

Of   a   clear   jewel�察  �shining   with   a   light   Wherein   the   sun   and   all   the   fiery 

stars   May   soon   be   fading。   When   Gamaliel   said   That   if   they   be   of   men 

these   things   are   nothing�察  �But   if   they   be   of   God   they   are   for   none   To 

overthrow�察 �he   spoke   as  a   good   Jew�察�And   one   who   stayed   a   Jew�察  �and   he 

said all。 And you know�察�by the temper of your faith�察�How far the fire is in 

you   that   I   felt   Before   I   knew   Damascus。 A  word   here�察  �Or   there�察  �or   not 

there�察�or not anywhere�察�Is not the Word that lives and is the life�察�And you�察�

therefore�察�need weary not yourselves With jealous aches of others。 If the 

world Were not a world of aches and innovations�察�Attainment would have 

no more joy of it。 There will be creeds and schisms�察�creeds in creeds�察�And 

schisms in schisms�察�myriads will be done To death because a farthing has 

two sides�察�And is at last a farthing。 Telling you this�察�I�察�who bid men to live�察�

appeal to Caesar。 Once I had said the ways of God were dark�察�Meaning by 

that the dark ways of the Law。 Such is the glory of our tribulations�察�For the 

Law kills the flesh that kills the Law�察�And we are then alive。 We have eyes 

then�察�And we have then the Cross between two worlds  To guide us�察�or to 

blind us for a time�察�Till we have eyes indeed。 The fire that smites A few on 

highways�察  �changing   all   at   once�察  �Is   not   for   all。 The   power   that   holds   the 

world Away  from  God   that   holds   himself   away     Farther   away  than   all 

your works and words Are like to fly without the wings of faith  Was not�察�

nor ever shall be�察�a small hazard Enlivening the ways of easy leisure Or 

the cold road of knowledge。 When our eyes Have wisdom�察�we see more 

than we remember�察�And the old world of our captivities May then become 

a smitten glimpse of ruin�察�Like one where vanished hewers have had their 

day   Of   wrath   on   Lebanon。   Before   we   see�察  �Meanwhile�察  �we   suffer�察  �and   I 

come to you�察�At last�察�through many storms and through much night。 

     Yet whatsoever I have undergone�察�My keepers in this instance are not 



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hard。  But   for   the   chance   of an   ingratitude�察 �I   might   indeed   be   curious   of 

their mercy�察�And fearful of their leisure while I wait�察�A few leagues out of 

Rome。      Men    go   to  Rome�察    �Not    always    to  return     but   not   that  now。 

Meanwhile�察�I seem to think you look at me With eyes that are at last more 

credulous   Of   my   identity。   You   remark   in   me   No   sort   of   leaping   giant�察�

though some words Of mine to you from Corinth may have leapt A little 

through   your   eyes   into   your   soul。   I   trust   they   were   alive�察  �and   are   alive 

Today�察�for there be none that shall indite So much of nothing as the man 

of words Who writes in the Lord's name for his name's sake And has not in 

his blood the fire of time To warm eternity。 Let such a man  If once the 

light is in him and endures  Content himself to be the general man�察�Set 

free to sift the decencies and thereby To learn�察�except he be one set aside 

For sorrow�察�more of pleasure than of pain�察�Though if his light be not the 

light indeed�察�But a brief shine that never really was�察�And fails�察�leaving him 

worse than where he was�察�Then shall he be of all men destitute。 And here 

were not an issue for much ink�察�Or much offending faction among scribes。 

     The Kingdom is within us�察�we are told�察�And when I say to you that we 

possess it In such a measure as faith makes it ours�察�I say it with a sinner's 

privilege Of having seen and heard�察�and seen again�察�After a darkness�察�and 

if I affirm To the last hour that faith affords alone The Kingdom entrance 

and an entertainment�察�I do not see myself as one who says To man that he 

shall sit with folded hands Against the Coming。 If I be anything�察�I move a 

driven agent among my kind�察�Establishing by the faith of Abraham�察�And 

by the grace of their necessities�察�The clamoring word that is the word of 

life Nearer than heretofore to the solution Of their tomb´serving doubts。 If 

I have loosed A shaft of language that has flown sometimes A little higher 

than the hearts and heads Of nature's minions�察�it will yet be heard�察�Like a 

new song   that   waits for distant   ears。 I   cannot be the   man   that I   am  not�察�

And while I own that earth is my affliction�察�I am a man of earth�察�who says 

not   all   To   all   alike。   That   were   impossible�察  �Even   as   it   were   so   that   He 

should plant A larger garden first。 But you today Are for the larger sowing�察�

and   your   seed�察  �A   little  mixed�察  �will   have�察   �as   He  foresaw�察  �The     foreign 

harvest of a wider growth�察�And one without an end。 Many there are�察�And 

are   to   be�察  �that   shall   partake   of   it�察  �Though   none   may   share   it   with   an 



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understanding That is not his alone。 We are all alone�察�And yet we are all 

parcelled     of   one   order     Jew�察  �Gentile�察   �or   barbarian    in   the  dark   Of 

wildernesses that are not so much As names yet in a book。 And there are 

many�察�Finding at last that words are not the Word�察�And finding only that�察�

will    flourish   aloft�察  �Like    heads    of  captured     Pharisees     on   pikes�察  �Our 

contradictions   and   discrepancies�察  �And   there          are   many   more   will    hang 

themselves Upon the letter�察�seeing not in the Word The friend of all who 

fail�察�and in their faith A sword of excellence to cut them down。 

     As long as there are glasses that are dark  And there are many  we 

see   darkly   through   them�察  �All   which   have   I   conceded   and   set   down   In 

words   that   have   no   shadow。   What   is   dark   Is   dark�察  �and   we   may   not   say 

otherwise�察�Yet what may be as dark as a lost fire For one of us�察�may still 

be for another A coming gleam across the gulf of ages�察�And a way home 

from     shipwreck      to  the   shore�察   �And    so�察  �through     pangs    and    ills  and 

desperations�察�There may be light for all。 There shall be light。 As much as 

that�察�you know。 You cannot say This woman or that man will be the next 

On whom it falls�察�you are not here for that。 Your ministration is to be for 

others The firing of a rush that may for them Be soon the fire itself。 The 

few at first Are fighting for the multitude at last�察�Therefore remember what 

Gamaliel said   Before   you�察  �when   the   sick   were   lying   down   In   streets   all 

night for Peter's passing shadow。 Fight�察�and say what you feel�察�say more 

than words。 Give men to know that even their days of earth To come are 

more than ages that are gone。 Say what you feel�察�while you have time to 

say  it。   Eternity  will   answer   for   itself�察�Without   your   intercession�察  �yet   the 

way For many is a long one�察�and as dark�察�Meanwhile�察�as dreams of hell。 

See not your toil Too much�察�and if I be away from you�察�Think of me as a 

brother   to   yourselves�察  �Of   many   blemishes。   Beware   of   stoics�察  �And   give 

your left hand to grammarians�察�And when you seem�察�as many a time you 

may�察�To have no other friend than hope�察�remember That you are not the 

first�察�or yet the last。 

     The best of life�察�until we see beyond The shadows of ourselves ��and 

they are less Than even the blindest of indignant eyes Would have them�� is 

in what we do not know。   Make�察�then�察�for all your fears   a place to   sleep 

With   all   your   faded   sins�察  �nor   think   yourselves   Egregious   and   alone   for 



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your   defects   Of   youth   and   yesterday。   I   was   young   once�察  �And   there's   a 

question if you played the fool With a more fervid and inherent zeal Than 

I have in my story to remember�察�Or gave your necks to folly's conquering 

foot�察�Or flung yourselves with an unstudied aim�察 �Less frequently than   I。 

Never mind that。 Man's little house of days will hold enough�察�Sometimes�察�

to make him wish it were not his�察�But it will not hold all。 Things that are 

dead Are best without it�察�and they own their death By virtue of their dying。 

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