<html xmlns:tei="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"><body><h1 align="" class="head">Supermen</h1><div class="stanza"><p class="line">SOME souls there are</p><p class="line">Who in their trial hours</p><p class="line">Bathe in the very blood</p><p class="line">Which flows around the heart of Life,</p><p class="line">And know its joy—and know its agony.</p><p class="line">Daring to follow impulse</p><p class="line">That any God Himself would not resist.</p></div><div class="stanza"><p class="line">Stand back!</p><p class="line">You weaklings of the world</p><p class="line">Boasting the name of men.</p><p class="line">Preening yourselves</p><p class="line">And judging with your</p><p class="line">"God this------" and "God that------"</p><p class="line">Dare not to come</p><p class="line">Near these.</p></div><div class="stanza"><p class="line">Stay with your narrow Gods</p><p class="line">Who smugly sit</p><p class="line">Within four chapel walls</p><p class="line">On Sundays,</p></div><div class="stanza"><p class="line">You in some stiff God's house</p><p class="line">Who kneel and shiver</p><p class="line">Towards a judgment day</p><p class="line">Of your own setting.</p></div><div class="stanza"><p class="line">But if a Destiny too kind</p><p class="line">Bring you for one short second</p><p class="line">Closer to wisdom;</p><p class="line">To the breathing hills and spaces</p><p class="line">Where my God lives</p><p class="line">And makes His Throne in every leaf and flower</p><p class="line">And whispers in each wind,</p><p class="line">Then I will tell you this—</p><p class="line">That my God is so great</p><p class="line">I doubt if He will dare</p><p class="line">To judge these souls.</p></div></body></html> · Great War