E.C.B.
Before the grass grew over me, I knew one good man through and through, And knew a soul and body joined Are stronger than the heavens are blue. A wisdom worthy of thy joy, O great heart, read I as I ran; Now, though men smite me on the face, I cannot curse the face of man. I loved the man I saw yestreen Hanged with his babe's blood on his palms. I loved the man I saw to-day Who knocked not when he came with alms. Hush!--for thy sake I even faced The knowledge that is worse than hell; And loved the man I saw but now Hanging head downwards in the well.
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