THE BRIDGE OF FIRE
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Belus and Ra and that most jealous Lord
Who rolled the hosts of Pharaoh in the sea,
Giants and Trolls, in every hand a sword,
Gnomes and Dwarfs and the Spectral Company,
Gods that take vengeance, Gods that grant reward,
Gods that exact a murdered devotee,
Buddha the Wise, and Siva the Abhorred,
And Norns that tend Ygdrasil, fatal tree,
And Isis of the Moon
Who kept the stars in tune,
With her mad Phrygian sister, Cybele,
And Mithras swift to save
The faithful and the brave,
And Allah rumbling on to victory,—
Behold! and oldest of them all,
Square heads that leer and lust, and lizard shapes that crawl.
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