And striped the snowy horses of the clouds with zebra gashes ...

You have debauched the world! And as I sit here weary,

Deafened with your demands and torn in tatters,

The world seems suddenly most passionless and dreary,

A poor bewildered clown—and nothing matters.

1916


My pain has all the patience of a nun

Who kneels and prays for Heaven on the stone,