Place high the value Of those others: do not forget what they have done. Unlock the vaults of unhewn stone put down An order for new men. When in the Course of Human Events Turn out the lights around the statues. Build men, not creeds seed not soil- O raise the standards out of reach. Be generous to generations who had nothing To take, or give. Give solid laughing eyes to those Who would defeat these gains by kiss, or blow. Hold out for no heaven accept no hell- What use a perfect plan too soon, a lesser one Too late. Chains and sickles have an equal base: The mind behind the hand confirms belief. For faith Is not of desolated moments, or care Of millions faked by praise or belly-rubbing. That We Here Highly Resolve Offer no borrowed proof or energy the dust Does not despair of reaching will as well As crippled goats and false delight. Wash your linen on the wires of storm and song Advertising no shadow hope or unemployed regrets take care These withered times prepare no turkish-bath Of comradeship or endless singing in the square: The fight goes on, goes out, goes in- We cannot loiter though legions repeat The final word of the final orator. I think not every lesson learned is Full of welcome weeds in suburban streets Stalking gangs who fire at sight and ghosts Marked with print of million moving feet -You guess the answer, gather courage: Let us follow The footsteps of this slaughtered age: See it trail across Time's dim land Into the closed house of eternity With the noise that dying has, With the face that dead things wear- nor ever say We wanted more we looked to find An open door, an utter deed of love, Transforming day's evil darkness but We found extended hell and fog Upon the earth, and within the head A rotting bog of lean huge graves.Īmong Ourselves and with All Nations Chiefly I prize this loss of patience, deep In riot-days around us these swollen Times propel the future forward: tear Alike my friends and turn about my foes. "Let Us Have Madness Openly" Let us have madness openly, O men Of my generation. Manufactured in the United States of America New Directions Books are published for James Laughlin by New Directions Publishing Corporation, 333 Sixth Avenue, New York 10014 FIRST EDITIONĬONTENTS Poems from Before the Brave (1936) First Will & Testament (1939) The Teeth of the Lion (1942) The Dark Kingdom (1942) Cloth of the Tempest (1943) An Astonished Eye Looks Out of the Air (1945) Pictures of Life and Death (1946) Panels for the Walls of Heaven (1946) Red Wine & Yellow Hair (1949) Orchards, Thrones & Caravans (1952) The Famous Boating Party (1954) When We Were Here Together (1957) Except for brief passages quoted in a newspaper, magazine, radio, or television review, no part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the Publisher. Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 67-23487 All rights reserved. THE COLLECTED POE MS OF KENNETH PATCHEN A NEW DIRECTIONS BOOKĬopyright © 1936, 1942, 1943, 1945, 1946, 1952, 1963, 1968 by Kenneth Patchen. OTHER BOOKS BY KENNETH PATCHEN AN ASTONISHED EYE LOOKS OUT OF THE AIR A SHEAF OF EARLY POEMS A SURPRISE FOR THE BAGPIPE-PLAYER BECAUSE IT IS BEFORE THE BRAVE CLOTH OF THE TEMPEST DOUBLEHEADER FABLES & OTHER LITTLE TALES FIRST WILL & TESTAMENT GLORY NEVER GUESSES HALLELUJAH ANYWAY HURRAH FOR ANYTHING MEMOIRS OF A SHY PORNOGRAPHER ORCHARDS, THRONES & CARAVANS PANELS FOR THE WALLS OF HEAVEN PICTURES OF LIFE AND DEATH POEMSCAPES POEMS OF HUMOR & PROTEST RED WINE & YELLOW HAIR SEE YOU IN THE MORNING SELECTED POEMS SLEEPERS AWAKE THE DARK KINGDOM THE FAMOUS BOATING PARTY THE JOURNAL OF ALBION MOONLIGHT THE LOVE POEMS OF KENNETH PATCHEN THE TEETH OP THE LION THEY KEEP RIDING DOWN ALL THE TIME TO SAY IF YOU LOVE SOMEONE TRANSLATIONS FROM THE ENGLISH WHEN WE WERE HERE TOGETHER
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