For hard it is to keep from be...

For hard it is to keep from being King
When it's in you and in the situation.

For I thought Epicurus and Luc...

For I thought Epicurus and Lucretius
By Nature meant the Whole Goddam Machinery.

Nothing not built with hands o...

Nothing not built with hands of course is sacred.
But here is not a question of what's sacred;
Rather of what to face or run away from.
I'd hate to be a runaway from nature.

There is much in nature agains...

There is much in nature against us. But we forget:
Take nature altogether since time began,
Including human nature, in peace and war,
And it must be a little more in favor of man....

... A nation has to take its n...

... A nation has to take its natural course
Of Progress round and round in circles
From King to Mob to King to Mob to King
Until the eddy of it eddies out.

States strong enough to do goo...

States strong enough to do good are but few.
Their number would seem limited to three.

The problem for the King is ju...

The problem for the King is just how strict
The lack of liberty, the squeeze of the law
And discipline should be in school and state....

No, in country money, the coun...

No, in country money, the country scale of gain,
The requisite lift of spirit has never been found....

Everyone asks for freedom for ...

Everyone asks for freedom for himself,
The man free love, the businessman free trade,
The writer and talker free speech and free press.

Many lovers have been divorced...

Many lovers have been divorced
By having what is free enforced.

It comes down to a doubt about...

It comes down to a doubt about the wisdom
Of having children after having had them,
So there is nothing we can do about it
But warn the children they perhaps should have none.

... War is for everyone, for c...

... War is for everyone, for children too.
I wasn't going to tell you and I mustn't.
The best way is to come uphill with me
And have our fire and laugh and be afraid.

Haven't you heard, though,

Haven't you heard, though,
About the ships where war has found them out
At sea, about the towns where war has come
Through opening clouds at night with droning speed
Further o'erhead than all but stars and angels
And children in the ships and in the towns?

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The footpath down to the well ...

The footpath down to the well is healed.

I could give all to Time excep...

I could give all to Time except--except
What I myself have held.

Of all crimes the worst
I...

Of all crimes the worst
Is to steal the glory
From the great and brave,
Even more accursed
Than to rob the grave.

Earth would soon
Be uninh...

Earth would soon
Be uninhabitable as the moon.
What for that matter had it ever been?
Who advised man to come and live therein?

But I may be one who does not ...

But I may be one who does not care
Ever to have tree bloom or bear.

Leaves and bark, leaves and ba...

Leaves and bark, leaves and bark,
To lean against and hear in the dark.
Petals I may have once pursued.
Leaves are all my darker mood.

Now close the windows and hush...

Now close the windows and hush all the fields:
If the trees must, let them silently toss....