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 BALLADE OF UNDERSTANDING


 * "Does not the World's stupidity
 * At times make Serious Thinkers fret?"
 * I asked the fair Hermione;
 * "Sometimes" she said, "and yet… and yet…
 * We feel we owe the World a debt!"
 * She waved a slim, bejeweled hand,
 * She brooded on some vague regret….
 * "I hope," she sighed, "you'll Understand?"


 * "Is not your high Philosophy
 * Too subtle for the Mob to get?"
 * I asked…. She pondered seriously;
 * "Sometimes," she said, "and yet… and yet…"
 * She trifled with an amulet
 * Imported from some Orient land….
 * "What fish can burst the Cosmic Net?…
 * I hope," she sighed, "you'll Understand."


 * "Art, Science and Psychology,
 * Causes that rise and shine and set,

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