53
Find,love,x,y,z,
Find,God,A,B,C.
54
I,was,nearly,mirror—
It,was,nearly,only,glass—
Till,in,the,room,together,
It,in,flesh,I,in,glass.
55
To,live,in,two,Forests,only!
How,difficult. How,lonely.
56
Suppose,a,little,monkey—
He’s,a,sadder,thing,
Than,onions.
57
Any,hero,is,the,author.
Any,age,is,the,infant.
To,compose,a,ballet,of,
Ascetics—
Playing,with,matches!
59
Time,moves,from,left,to,right:
From,right,to,right:
From,right,to,left:
From,left,to,left:
Futurity.
Prophecy.
Remembrance.
Death.
60
A,capacity,to,hide,
Displayeth,every,germ,of,Truth.
Her,Columbus,must,be,
Adept,in,grand,geometry!
To,overtake,that,path,
Requires,giant’s,stride.
61
Genius—
Snake,shedding,jewels:
Snake,shedding,immortalities.
62
The,circle,is,not,greater,
Than,its,radius,
Which,defines,its,genius.
Than,its,altitude,
Which,defines,its,solitude.
63
The,Pure,Rebuttal.
Wherefore,we,devise,betrayal.
64
Birth,is,always,
Copying,from,immortality:
The,first,was,Lucifer—
The,rest,go,
By,the,name,of,Genius.
The,act,is,Trespass,
But,Life,forgives.
65
The,Chinese,have,a,way,
Of,being,Chinese,
Chinesely.
66
At,twelve,o’clock,the,poet,is,sad.
At,thirteen,o’clock,the,world,goes,mad.
At,mad,o’clock,the,hero’s,blood.
At,blood,o’clock,the,shining,truth.
At,truth,o’clock,the,Timeless,Head.
67
Listen—
The,lovers’,Tick-Tock.
To,count,fire,
In,dark,the,eyes,must,be:
The,visibility,is,of,jewels.
69
Not,all,birthdays,
Are,Inhabited.
70
Fade,out,fade,out,
Pale,spermless,God:
Arise,fire-testicled,God.
71
Tyrant,and,Tiger,and,
Divinest,Lover:
Therefore,thereto.
72
I,astonish,Death,with,my,largesse.
She,becomes,a,silly,maid,
Saying,“Never,mind. Never,mind.”
73
The,man-eating,Word.
74
If,wisdom,can,not,count,
The,petals,of,a,snake,
Its,backbone,break.
75
True,God,is,lavish,death.
Any,hero,can,tell.
Any,brave,interrogatory,
The,same,answer,spell.
The,miracle,is,
To,startle,a,hero,with,death!
76
That,Clay,with,Axis.
77
Like,a,flower,seen,
Like,a,seen,flower,
Flowering,like,a,flower.
Such,is,the,great,face.
Great,the,face,of,such.
Face,greatly,such.
78
My,Fellowship,with,God—
My,University. Degree?
None. His,Fellows,go,
Unalphabeted.
79
God,I,do,not,love,—
Him,I,counterlove.
Success,is,defined,by,some,
In,terms,of,Dress—
By,poets: as,Peregrination,
To,Address.
81
Inlight.
82
A,division,of,mindhood,
Into,music,and,illumination—
What,death,cannot,take,hold,of!
A,confrontation,by,Manhood,
Of,the,ego,of,death.
83
Forehead,be,the,stair,
To,God’s,dark,Atmosphere!
84
The,pleasure,of,history,
Is,its,knack,of,being,late:
To,arrive,a,ghost:
Or,the,metaphysics,of,success.
85
When,the,simplicity,of,mortality,is,not,seen,
The,difficulty,of,mortality,begins.
In,the,Pronoun,
Is,the,Word.
87
Brain,may,startle,with,
Reason’s,brave,high,head:
But,Tilth,of,the,pith,
Defaulted,till,it,is,Christed.
88
When,Nothing,is,so,well,said,
Or,so,well,done,
It,betrays,itself,and,becomes,
Something:
As,apples,by,Cézanne,or,just,
Lines,by,Mondrian.
89
The,heart,is,not,Greek—
It,hath,no,unities.
90
How,clean,how,clear,how,manly,
How,cleancut,is,your,anger,
Like,the,tulip,athletic,flower.
91
The,Lord,hideth,well—
Yet,not,to,hide.
He,hideth,well,
To,make,His,heroes,last.
92
Two,is,two,because—
Mathematics,has,childhood,
With,a,maturity,of,
Exactitude.
93
There,is,a,poetry,of,shades,
As,exacting,
As,Braille,to,the,fingertips.
94
Personally,you,impersonally.
Liar!
95
The,littlest,love,is,a,big,affair.
The,tasking,is,immense.
The,danglers,at,this,verge,
Vault,vim,the,universe.
96
Knowledge—the,Edge,of,Yes,
Where,to,gnaw,too,much,
Is,to,reach,the,Edge,of,No.
Not,to,utter,wisdom,
But,to,shine,with,it,
Is,poetry’s,ultimate,wit.
98
The,last,word,being,uttered,
The,next,is,not.
But,next,to,the,last,word,
The,not-word,summarizing,all.