Poems by Themis

Of Pomps

Lord God, we've had enough

Of pomps and pageants old,

And all the gilded stuff

That's passed off as Your gold —

The flight of airy brains

That spin out dreams on dreams,

Where not a thought restrains

Pink passion's gushing streams.

How long shall we endure

This masquerading show?

Big words, rich words that pour

In senseless, rhymeless flow,

Without the least control

Of inward powers of light,

As though there were no soul

Behind what men must write.

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