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There is, besides
biblical material,

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I make an effort to connect
with pagan material too.

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And this next poem is
called "A priest of Hermes".

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"The way up from here
to there may be closed.

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But the way down
from there to here

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still open wide enough for
a slender god like Hermes

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to slip from the clouds.

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If you give your evenings
to learning about the

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plans under his influence,
the wing and wings creatures,

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the rocks and metals, and
practice his sacred flute

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or dulcimer.

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No prayers.

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Just the effort to make his
day so full of the comforts

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of home, he won't forget it.

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To build him a shrine
he finds congenial,

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something as simple
as roofed pillars

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without the darkness
of an anterior.

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If you're lucky, he'll
want to sit on the steps,

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under the stars, for
as long as you live.

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And sniff the fragrance
of wine and barley

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as it blows from the altar,
on a salty sea breeze.

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He'll want when you die
to offer his services

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as a guide in the shadowy
path to the underworld.

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Not til you reach
the watery crossing

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will he leave your side.

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And even then, he'll
shout instructions

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as you slip from your
shoes and wade along

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into that dark river."

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