Tuesday, December 27, 2011

SLEEPERS AWAKE (KENNETH PATCHEN)





"THOSE WHO HAVE SPOKEN MUCH, SHALL NOW BE

SILENT;DEVOURERS OF MOUNTAINS AND BURNERS OF

WILDERNESS, HAVE YOU THE WORD TO FILL THE NEEDED

VOICE! FOR ISLANDS HAVE BEEN PLANTED THAT THE SOULS

OF REASON AND TRUTH MAY REFRESH THE WORK WHOSE

SUN IS FOREVER ALL. WE WHO HAVE BEEN STRAITENED ON

EVERY SIDE, HAVE NOW ONLY A PATH TO THE SUN. OH

GLORIOUS SHOW OF THE SEASONS, SHINING OF NAMES

AND TREASURED OMENS OF THY JUDGEMENT, THE

BEGINNING OF WOMBS, AND THE END OF MADNESS,

PLACE HIGHER THE HIGH THAT THE SON OF MAN MAY

NOT WANT FOR SPACE OF HIS FIERY STANDING.

COUNSELLORS AND PRINCES, KINGS AND CAPTAINS, SEE

NOW THE DAMAGE IN THE MOUTHS OF GREED AND MURDER."

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