Towards democracy
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And far around this dream of human presence—
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Nature, and my sweet Helpmate whom I worship, With the dear god that dwells behind them both.
Tue Base
a ha trio perfect: the man, the woman, and the babe: And herein all Creation.
The two, with wonder in their eyes, from opposite worlds Of sex, of ancestry, pursuits, traditions,
Each other suddenly, amazed, confronting—
A nameless glory each in each surmising, '
A frenzy as of Gods—
Imperial rage, flinging the goods of the world aside as dross, to reach to a priceless treasure:
[He madly invasive,
She deeply wise, and drawing farther back
Even to the gates of Paradise as he approaches 4]
Strange ecstasy of warfare! :
Seisin and ravishment of souls and bodies,
Veils rent asunder,
Heaven opening measureless, overhead, in splendor,
And all life changed, transfigured !
And then a calm. Weeks of humdrum and mortal commonplace,
And months perchance in monotone of toil, 28