Of Freedoms foremost acolyte,

This is the curse. Write.

For an oligarchic parliament,

This is the curse. Write.

Your scorn ye shall somewhat abate

This is the curse. Write.

Of brave men climbing a Nations height,

A foul thing done within thy gate.

What curse to another land assign,

Of Gods witnessing Universe

From the summits of love a curse is driven,

And he said Write!

Write a Nations curse for me,

On writhing bond-slaves, -- for this crime

And, warm for your part,

For your conscience, tradition, and name

Beyond the Straits:

The prayer in your ears, said low,

Beside the ill-doers!

Ye sh９９lib•ｎetall watch while strong men draw

Of children bleeding along the street:

I heard an angel speak last night,

Yet do the fiends work perfectly

My curse to-night.

Go, wherever ill deeds shall be done,

Ye shall watch while nations strive

This is the curse. Write.

And thou shalt take their part to-night,

To honor in the old worlds sight,

With a curse of yours.

With a claim

What all may read.

Ye shall blush; for the thing which ye do

And thus, as was enjoined on me,

To strangle the weak;

This is the curse. Write.

As if carried too far.

As ye look oer the wall;

To utter the thought into flame

In strangling martyrs, -- for this li九*九*藏*书*网e

Shall favor the cause.

Therefore, the voice said, shalt thou write

Round the peoples smouldering fire,

When fools cast taunts at your gate,

Not so, my lord!

My heart is sore

Derides what ye are.

And recoil from clenching the curse

With the strain

If curses must be, choose another

For parked-up honors that gainsay

To brothers of mine across the sea,

Not so, I answered once again.

I send it over the Western Sea.

A curse from the depths of womanhood

Is very salt, and bitter, and good.

So thus I wrote, and mourned indeed,

Which burns at your heart.

I faltered, taking up the word:

My curse九-九-藏-书-网 to-night.

Than the word ye shall speak.

(And no one marvels), night and day.

Not open enough for two friends to kiss:

Because yourselves are standing straight

This is the curse. Write.

Ye shall watch while kings conspire

For I, a woman, have only known

This is the curse. Write.

When ye boast your own charters kept true,

As lightning is from the tops of heaven.

For love of freedom which abates

The right of way:

Self-praise, self-interest, and suspicion:

And send it over the Western Sea.

How the heart melts and the tears run down.

They shall praise in the heat of the phrase,

Shall never dare -- O shame!

For patriot virtue starved to www.９９lib•netvice on

Weep and write.

That Christ may avenge His elect

Shall sound like the tramp of a foe

To curse, choose men.

When wise men give you their praise,

This is the curse. Write.

To send thy curse against my brother.

The Curse

Because ye prosper in Gods name,

Because ye have broken your own chain

On souls of others, -- for this wrong

Because thou hast strength to see and hate

With the bloodhounds, die or survive,

In the state

Not so, I answered. Evermore

And deliver the earth,

Therefore, the voice said, shalt thou write

And only under your breath

Than the worst of them all.

My curse to-night.

When heavy-souled for the sins of mine?

Explod九九藏书网e with a deadlier blame

The nets of feudal law

And bribes well-meant.

Or throttle them backward to death;

For almsgiving through a door that is

By love and blood,

For my own lands sins: for little feet

Yet keep calm footing all the time

Drop faint from their jaws,

Thats driving you forth.

Who stretch out kindly hands to me.

When good men are praying erect

This is the curse. Write.

Therefore, the voice said, shalt thou write

And, counting the sin for a sin,

For I am bound by gratitude,

Yet thence bear down with brand and thong

Go, plant your flag in the sun

Some women weep and curse, I say

Your soul shall be sadder within

This is the curse. Write.