THEY CALL YOU mad. Wait for tomorrow and keep silent. They throw dust upon your head. Wait for tomorrow. They will bring their wreath. They sit apart in their high seat. Wait for tomorrow. They will come down and bend their head.
I WAS MUSING last night on my spendthrift days, when I thought you spoke to me- In youth's careless career you kept all the doors open in your house. The world went in and out as it pleased-the world with its dust, doubts, and disorder-and with its music. With the wild crowd I came to you again and again unknown and unbidden. Had you kept shut your doors in wise seclusion how could I have found my way into your house?'