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Alfred Kreymborg, ed. Others for 1919. 1920.

William Saphier

Conscience

THIS evening more than ever,

my ancient, despised Hebrew priest,

warped by the hot Arabian sun,

inflicted his heart-scorching sermon;

burnishing with impatient feet

a whisper of duty in my heart,

commanding, beseeching,

that I offer on his altar.

And a strong white-hot wind blew

my brothers’ woes into my veins.