The lean dagger had gone into the Poet’s heart.
Shuddering, he plucked it free, lest he should die. And then—by magic—it became in his hand a shining sword fit to smite down the sorrow of the world.
9. THE MIRACLE
Why has the Earth taken on a new significance?
Why is the smoking mist now white music, and the world’s architecture more wonderful than a fine cathedral?
It is something that has happened in your heart.
Perhaps (I do not know) you have learnt to hate yourself or to love a fellow-being.
10. FAITH
Why am I so many men?
It is because you have not Faith.
What is Faith?
Faith is a fire.
But how does a man come by it?
Perhaps God gives it him.