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Wilfrid Scawen Blunt - Esther, A Sonnet Sequence: LI
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When I hear laughter from a tavern door,
 When I see crowds agape and in the rain
   Watching on tiptoe and with stifled roar
 To see a rocket fired or a bull slain,
 When misers handle gold, when orators
 Touch strong men`s hearts with glory till they weep,
 When cities deck their streets for barren wars
 Which have laid waste their youth, and when I keep
 Calmly the count of my own life and see
 On what poor stuff my manhood`s dreams were fed
 Till I too learned what dole of vanity
 Will serve a human soul for daily bread,
 --Then I remember that I once was young
 And lived with Esther the world`s gods among.
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