“The sign work of the Orient it runneth up and down; The Talmud stalks from right to left, a rabbi in a gown; The Roman rolls from left to right from Maytime unto May; But the gods shake up their symbols in an absent-minded way. Their language runs to circles like the language of the eyes, Emphasised by strange dilations with little panting sighs.” WayMayLittlesEyeRunningLeftLanguageStrangeCirclesSymbolsShakesSighUp And DownAbsentStalkingGownsRabbiAbsent Minded Book:The Janitor's Boy and Other Poems Source: The Janitor's Boy and Other Poems
“The very serpents bite their tails; the bees forget to sting, For a language so celestial setteth up a wondering. And the touch of absent mindedness is more than any line, Since direction counts for nothing when the gods set up a sign.” LanguageLinesForgetWonderBitesBeesTailsAbsentCelestialSerpentAbsent MindedAbsent Mindedness Book:The Janitor's Boy and Other Poems Source: The Janitor's Boy and Other Poems
