THE NEWER VAINGLORY
By Alice Meynell
Two men went up to pray; and one gave thanks,Not with himself aloud,With proclamation, calling on the ranksOf an attentive crowd.“Thank God, I clap not my own humble breast,But other ruffians’ backs,Imputing crime—such is my tolerant haste—To any man that lacks.“For I am tolerant, generous, keep no rules,And the age honors me.Thank God, I am not as these rigid fools,Even as this Pharisee.”
Two men went up to pray; and one gave thanks,Not with himself aloud,With proclamation, calling on the ranksOf an attentive crowd.“Thank God, I clap not my own humble breast,But other ruffians’ backs,Imputing crime—such is my tolerant haste—To any man that lacks.“For I am tolerant, generous, keep no rules,And the age honors me.Thank God, I am not as these rigid fools,Even as this Pharisee.”
Two men went up to pray; and one gave thanks,Not with himself aloud,With proclamation, calling on the ranksOf an attentive crowd.
Two men went up to pray; and one gave thanks,
Not with himself aloud,
With proclamation, calling on the ranks
Of an attentive crowd.
“Thank God, I clap not my own humble breast,But other ruffians’ backs,Imputing crime—such is my tolerant haste—To any man that lacks.
“Thank God, I clap not my own humble breast,
But other ruffians’ backs,
Imputing crime—such is my tolerant haste—
To any man that lacks.
“For I am tolerant, generous, keep no rules,And the age honors me.Thank God, I am not as these rigid fools,Even as this Pharisee.”
“For I am tolerant, generous, keep no rules,
And the age honors me.
Thank God, I am not as these rigid fools,
Even as this Pharisee.”