Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, MALZAH SPEAKS, FR. SAUL, by CHARLES HEAVYSEGE


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First Line: Ah, weary! I am called the laughing devil
Last Line: More gloomy than a trinity of ravens.
Subject(s): Bible; Courts & Courtiers; Evil; Grief; Saul (11th Century B.c.); Royal Court Life; Royalty; Kings; Queens; Sorrow; Sadness


Ah, weary! I am called the laughing devil.
Yet I walk up and down existence weeping.
But what when demons disbelieve their eyes,
And their false ears for jests take my bewailings? ....
—I do not know myself;
I have so many moods, that I know not
Which of them shows the veritable Malzah.
But this I know, my gladness always borders
Upon the doleful region of the dumps.—
Ah, me!
How like is man unto the fallen angels!
How many in my mood now walk this world!
Some sullen at their fellows, some at fate,—
From which there is no more escaping than
There is from our free wills; and some are sad
With envy at another's good, and some
With unfulfilled ambition; some with hate
Are sad, and some with love unlucky; some
With fear of missing heaven, some with dread
Of falling into hell; and many more
With curious worldly cares:—and here comes Saul
And Jonathan, and both of them dejected.
We were a mournful trio, should I join them:
Grave as three owls, as sober as three storks,
More gloomy than a trinity of ravens.





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