They say one king is mad. Perhaps. Who knows?
They say one king is doddering and grey.
They say one king is slack and sick of mind,
A puppet for hid strings that twitch and play.
Is Europe then to be their sprawling-place?
Their mad-house, till it turns the wide world's bane?
Their place of maudlin, slavering conference
Till every far-off farmstead goes insane?
More verses by Vachel Lindsay
- Where Is David, The Next King Of Israel?
- What The Sexton Said
- Genesis
- What The Miner In The Desert Said
- Incense