Classic Poem

I CARE not who the cup celestial wins,
Let me alone!
I've lost my grip, I'm wedded to my sins,
Let me alone!
Within my hand I hold no stone to throw;
Let that suffice: it is enough to know.

Fare straight ahead, oh, ye the sanctified!
Let me alone!
I pray ye, race upon the other side,
Let me alone!
I stumbled early, fell, and here I lie
Contented, so ye do but pass me by!

For me no visions of the Promised Land,
Let me alone!
For me? Not much! I would not with ye stand,
Let me alone!
For me nor sun, nor moon, nor star shall bow;
'Tis Reuben, 'tis not Joseph, dreaming now!