"Life is short, eternity is long" (John Henry Newman)
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It was face, and it was eyes, at first The asphyxiating power of chins-- now every strutting cleric in cane and top hat stupidly mimics it It is now hugs, and it lacks eyes: trained in the sands & winds, simulacrum to the wise To dress and get fat are its rule, & to invite doctors to its table rather than to be one It was principium but now goes after neat retreats and rainbows: the seasonableness of parades Psychic or semblant lamb: to choose then meant to be face and eyes, & eating felt like it It was okay to be heretical so long as it felt like it, and it hurt & and now it doesn't