That public men publish falsehoods <br />Is nothing new. That America must accept <br />Like the historical republics corruption and empire <br />Has been known for years. <br /> <br />Be angry at the sun for setting <br />If these things anger you. Watch the wheel slope and turn, <br />They are all bound on the wheel, these people, those warriors. <br />This republic, Europe, Asia. <br /> <br />Observe them gesticulating, <br />Observe them going down. The gang serves lies, the passionate <br />Man plays his part; the cold passion for truth <br />Hunts in no pack. <br /> <br />You are not Catullus, you know, <br />To lampoon these crude sketches of Caesar. You are far <br />From Dante's feet, but even farther from his dirty <br />Political hatreds. <br /> <br />Let boys want pleasure, and men <br />Struggle for power, and women perhaps for fame, <br />And the servile to serve a Leader and the dupes to be duped. <br />Yours is not theirs. <br /> <br /> <br />Anonymous submission.<br /><br />Robinson Jeffers<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/be-angry-at-the-sun/
