The Congo and Other Poems by Vachel Lindsay
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I once knew a teacher
Who turned from desire Who said to the soldiers, "Hate is a fire." Who said to the statesmen: -- "Power is a flame That flays and blisters If you play at the game." I once knew a teacher Who turned from desire, Who said to the lordly, "Pride is a fire." Who thus warned the revellers: -- "Life is a flame. Be cold as the dew Would you win at the game With hearts like the stars, With hearts like the stars." # Interrupting very loudly for the last time. # SO BEWARE, SO BEWARE, SO BEWARE OF THE FIRE. Clear the streets, BOOM, BOOM, Clear the streets, BOOM, BOOM, GIVE THE ENGINES ROOM, GIVE THE ENGINES ROOM, LEST SOULS BE TRAPPED |
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