LI
And yet—and yet this very seed I throw
May rise aloft, a brother of the bird,
Uncaring if his melodies are heard—
Or shall I not hear anything below?
LII
The glazier out of sounding Erzerûm,
Frequented us and softly would conspire
Upon our broken glass with blue-red fire,
As one might lift a pale thing from the tomb.
LIII
He was the glazier out of Erzerûm,
Whose wizardry would make the children cry—
There will be no such wizardry when I
Am broken by the chariot-wheels of Doom.
LIV
The chariot-wheels of Doom! Now, hear them roll
Across the desert and the noisy mart,
Across the silent places of your heart—
Smile on the driver you will not cajole.
LV
I never look upon the placid plain
But I must think of those who lived before
And gave their quantities of sweat and gore,
And went and will not travel back again.