Angels and Women (1924)

228 ANGELS AND WOMEN
"Cities arise in the wilderness l Waste
places bloom like a garden. Multitudes fill
the earth and subdue it.
"Westward still press the sons of Japheth;
whither the bright sun leads they follow.
I see floating palaces like our Tebah upon
the stormy seas; they depend not upon the
wind but move by a power within themselves.
They send messages that speed as
the lightning. Upon the land are chariots
of iron and wood which go swiftly but
smoothly along the highways. There are
ships that fly like birds through the air.
I hear the thunder of the nations as they
clamor for freedom from the oppressive
yokes of kings and rulers. They endeavor
to be wholly free, every man a king as Adam
before he sinned. In impotent anger they
slay one line of oppressors only to come under
the rule of another. Alas l Is there no
eye to pity? But wait, I see that deliverance
comes at last, though not by human
beings. He who created our first parent