Visions Of Sin

KRASLAJORSK, SIBERIA, March 29. 'My eyes are better, and I shall travel slowly toward home.' DANENHOWER. From the regions of the Night, Coming with recovered sight From the spell of darkness free, What will Danenhower see? He will see when he arrives, Doctors taking human lives. He will see a learned judge Whose decision will not budge Till both litigants are fleeced And his palm is duly greased. Lawyers he will see who fight Day by day and night by night; Never both upon a side, Though their fees they still divide. Preachers he will see who teach That it is divine to preach That they fan a sacred fire And are worthy of their hire. He will see a trusted wife (Pride of some good husband's life) Enter at a certain door And-but he will see no more. He will see Good Templars reel See a prosecutor steal, And a father beat his child. He'll perhaps see Oscar Wilde. From the regions of the Night Coming with recovered sight From the bliss of blindness free, That's what Danenhower'll see. 1882.