In silks from Tarsus, shrieking east and west

Along a thousand railroads, mad with pain

And sin too!... does one woman of you all,

(You who weep easily) grow pale to see

This tiger shake his cage?—does one of you

Stand still from dancing, stop from stringing pearls,

And pine and die because of the great sum

Of universal anguish?—Show me a tear

Wet as Cordelia’s, in eyes bright as yours,

Because the world is mad. You cannot count,