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Delmore Schwartz - For The One Who Would Not Take His Life In His HandsDelmore Schwartz - For The One Who Would Not Take His Life In His Hands
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Athlete, virtuoso, Training for happiness, Bend arm and knee, and seek The body`s sharp distress, For pain is pleasure`s cost, Denial is route To speech before the millions Or personal with the flute. The ape and great Achilles, Heavy with their fate, Batter doors down, strike Small children at the gate, Driven by love to this, As knock-kneed Hegel said, To seek with a sword their peace, That the child may be taken away From the hurly-burly and fed. Ladies and Gentlemen, said The curious Socrates, I have asked, What is this life But a childermass, As Abraham recognized, A working with the knife At animal, maid and stone Until we have cut down All but the soul alone: Through hate we guard our love, And its distinction`s known.
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