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Ezra Pound - Ballad For Gloom
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For God, our God is a gallant foe   
That playeth behind the veil.   
   
I have loved my God as a child at heart   
That seeketh deep bosoms for rest,   
I have loved my God as a maid to man— 
But lo, this thing is best:   
   
To love your God as a gallant foe that plays behind the veil;   
To meet your God as the night winds meet beyond Arcturus` pale.   
   
I have played with God for a woman,   
I have staked with my God for truth,    
I have lost to my God as a man, clear-eyed—   
    His dice be not of ruth.   
   
For I am made as a naked blade,   
    But hear ye this thing in sooth:   
   
Who loseth to God as man to man    
    Shall win at the turn of the game.   
I have drawn my blade where the lightnings meet   
    But the ending is the same:   
Who loseth to God as the sword blades lose   
    Shall win at the end of the game.    
   
For God, our God is a gallant foe that playeth behind the veil.   
Whom God deigns not to overthrow hath need of triple mail.
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