4834. 4. FRENCH FOR SPECTACLE

4. FRENCH FOR SPECTACLE

I understand the clouds that cover thine

eyes  -  thou mayest see but not be seen, 

as we can be seen but never see. And

what am I without Thee, but an unseeing 

guide to mine own downfall. And what am

I at best, a suckling infant blind to the fault yet

searching with hands and mouth for succor. Yea,

let the strong and the mighty laugh at me while

my weak and needy soul  -  like so many millions

of others  -  shall ever confess to Thee.

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And now I am knowing only that you knowest. 

I watch the parade of white buildings fade. I rue

the Rue  -  this or that Parisian street  -  Rue St.

Sulpice, Rue de Dragon, Rue de Baume.

Tu scis. Thous knowest.