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BALLADE OF UNDERSTANDING


"Does not the World's stupidity
At times make Serious Thinkers fret?"
I asked the fair Hermione;
"Sometimes" she said, "and yet… and yet…
We feel we owe the World a debt!"
She waved a slim, bejeweled hand,
She brooded on some vague regret….
"I hope," she sighed, "you'll Understand?"


"Is not your high Philosophy
Too subtle for the Mob to get?"
I asked…. She pondered seriously;
"Sometimes," she said, "and yet… and yet…"
She trifled with an amulet
Imported from some Orient land….
"What fish can burst the Cosmic Net?…
I hope," she sighed, "you'll Understand."


"Art, Science and Psychology,
Causes that rise and shine and set,

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