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POETRY: A Magazine of Verse But his family had great fears For him, knowing the evil Which might befall him, seeing that the light Of his own dream had blinded his mind's eyes. They could not tell but what he had a devil. But still, in their tears' despite And warnings', he departed with replies That when a man's genius calls him He must obey no matter what befalls him.


 * What he had in his mind was growth

Of soul by watching, And the creation of eyes Over your mind's eyes to supervise A clear activity and to ward off sloth. What he had in his mind was scotching And killing the snake of Hatred, and stripping the glove From the hand of Hypocrisy. and quenching the fire Of Falsehood and Unbrotherly Desire. What he had in his mind was simply Love— And it was strange he preached the sword and force To establish Love, but it was not strange, Since he did this, his life took on a change. And what he taught seems muddled at its source With moralizing and with moral strife For morals are merely the Truth diluted, And sweetened up and suited To the business and bread of Life.