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White Stains
White Stains (1898), PDF p. 41
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CONTRA CONJUGIUM T. B. B.
35
Revive the ghosts of aeons vast,
And bid the scythe of Chronos cease
For thy caprice ?
“ Because thou wilt, shall I accede
And change my laws that I have made ;
Shall I make grapes from thorn and weed,
Fresh water from the fountains stayed,
If thou hast prayed ?
“ For thine outcry bring chaos back,
Turn over earth and heaven to hell,
And listen ’ mid the roar and wrack,
With pleasure to creation’s knell,
Thy marriage bell ?
“ I will not turn the Red Sea back
That thou mayst pass again dry-shod :
Thou hast chosen, thou shalt live the black
Dry years out till thou cleave the sod,
And meet thy God.
“ What are thy good deeds ? This one thing
Thou hast not done. This chiefest task
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