<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=569042" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Poem #017, Sonnet #6: I, The Pagan</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">The world has fallen through, a stunning fall, <br>And sick humanity cannot arise<br>But, I the pagan, who has raised a wall, <br>‘Tween God and me, how can I agonize? </div><div style="margin:10px 0">The world is sunken deep in phantom faiths<br>Pathetic people magnify their fear<br>But I, the pagan, idolize no wraiths<br>Of man's crippled conception, foul and queer, </div><div style="margin:10px 0">The world is locked in doctrines pitiable<br>And man is glad in gilded slavery<br>Yet I, the pagan, ne'er lamentable, <br>Delight in freedom, bask in blasphemy</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Because it's me whom I am keen to laud<br>Self-worship, and my self my only god! </div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>Beirut<br>October 11th 1987</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Samer+Madbak">Samer Madbak</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=569042" data-title="Poem #017, Sonnet #6: I, The Pagan de Samer Madbak" data-description="The world has fallen through, a stunning fall, And sick humanity cannot arise But, I the pagan, who has raised a wall, ‘Tween God and me, how can I agonize? The world is sunken deep in phantom faiths Pathetic people magnify their fear But I,..."></div> </div> </div>

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