The maid of Redenfayn, an allegory of two worlds, in three books: I The book of loves and dreams . The Book of Loves and Dreams Such are these earthlings! Most grotesque, indeed,Their conceits, antics and frivolities :Mere monkeys, popinjays and mountebanks,Acting as though they thought their doings realWhen in Gods sight theyre mere caricatures! And yet that orb, where all these crimes are done, Is a mere atom, insignificant;— And yet those men, who so like demons act, Mere insects are, exceedingly minute; Their life so brief it ends when it begins. Man a mere shadow is that shadows seeks In
The maid of Redenfayn, an allegory of two worlds, in three books: I The book of loves and dreams . The Book of Loves and Dreams Such are these earthlings! Most grotesque, indeed,Their conceits, antics and frivolities :Mere monkeys, popinjays and mountebanks,Acting as though they thought their doings realWhen in Gods sight theyre mere caricatures! And yet that orb, where all these crimes are done, Is a mere atom, insignificant;— And yet those men, who so like demons act, Mere insects are, exceedingly minute; Their life so brief it ends when it begins. Man a mere shadow is that shadows seeks In shadowy realms of deeper shadows made. Yet pity have we for that mote-like orb. And love for all its tiny denizens;—? For bulk makes not or great, or strong, or wise; And length of life proves not the liver good, Or great his works: so read the lettered Leaves.
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