Outside the Realm of Words
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“Words after all,” he said, “are only words ;
And I have heard so many in these few days
That half my wits are sick.”
Lancelot ~ Edwin Arlington Robinson, Lancelot, p.164
As Lancelot once said, “Words, after all,
Are only words.” He then went on to say,
“And I have heard so many” they appall
Me. They become like lies. Day after day
They pile up. Truth is quite beyond their grasp.
He thinks of Guenevere and does not know
About the stake and faggots as they gasp
