TOWARD the last
The truth of others was untruth to me;
The justice of others injustice to me;
Their reasons for d**h, reasons with me for life;
Their reasons for life, reasons with me for d**h;
I would have k**ed those they saved,
And save those they k**ed.
And I saw how a god, if brought to earth,
Must act out what he saw and thought,
And could not live in this world of men
And act among them side by side
Without continual clashes.
The dust's for crawling, heaven's for flying—
Wherefore, O soul, whose wings are grown,
Soar upward to the sun!