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1918


I met an Indian underneath a tree, under a ragged tree,

His face was yellow and wrinkled like some stone whereon a God had writ

And his emaciated fingers drew circles in the dust....

I bent my mouth to his ear, crying "O father, O Prophet!

I have wandered far over the earth troubled with doubts that will not let me rest,

Canst thou not tell me with all thy wizardries and meditations