Five Criticisms - II.
(On a certain goddess, acclaimed as "new" but known in Babylon.) I saw the assembled artists of our day Waiting for light, for music and for song. A woman stood before them, fresh as May And beautiful; but, in that modish throng, None heeded her. They said, "In our first youth Surely, long since, your hair was touched with grey." "I do not change," she answered. "I am Truth." "Old and banal," they sneered, and turned away. Then came a formless thing, with breasts dyed scarlet. The roses in her hair were green and blue. "I am new," she said. "I change, and Death knows why." Then with the eyes and gesture of a harlot She led them all forth, whinneying, "New, how new! Tell us your name!" She answered, "The New Lie."
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