Vulgar words in Dreams and Dust (Page 1)
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Whichever over all hath place hath shaped and made me what I am; Hath made me strong to front his face, to dare to question though he damn.
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Pierrot, Pantaloon, Harlequin, Clown, Merry-Andrew, Buffoon-- Touchstone and Triboulet--all of the tribe.-- Dancer and jester and singer and scribe.
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You gods, coward gods, Come down, I challenge you!-- You who set snares with roses and with passion, You who make flesh beautiful and damn men through the flesh, You who plump the purple grape and then put poison in the cup, You who put serpents in your Edens, You who gave me delight of my senses and broke me for it, You who have mingled death with beauty, You who have put into my blood the impulses for which you cursed me, You who permitted my brain the doubts wherefore you damn me, Behold, I doubt you, gods, no longer, but defy!-- I perish here?