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!<br />
—<br />
;<br />
MOSES<br />
And the slaves 1<br />
teeth as God made them,<br />
Then hide from the summoning tribunal,<br />
Pharaoh will speak; and I'll seize that word to<br />
act.<br />
Should the word be a foe's I can use it well<br />
As a poison to soak into Egypt's bowels ;<br />
A wraith from old Nile will cry<br />
" For his mercy they break his back "<br />
And I shall have a great following for this,<br />
The rude, touched heart of the mauled, sweaty<br />
horde,<br />
Their rough tongues fawn at my hands, their redstreaked<br />
eyes<br />
Glitter with sacrifice. Well ! Pharaoh bids me<br />
act. . . .<br />
Hah ! Pm all a-bristle. . . . Lord, his eyes<br />
would go wide<br />
If he knew the road my rampant dreams would<br />
race<br />
I am too much awake now—restless, so restless.<br />
Behind white mists invisibly<br />
My thoughts stood like a mountain<br />
But Power, watching as a man,<br />
Saw no mountain there<br />
Only the mixing mist and sky<br />
And the flat earth.<br />
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