Version 1
As if I asked a common alms —
And in my wondering hand,
A stranger pressed a kingdom —
And I — bewildered stand —
As if I asked the Orient
Had it for me a morn?
And it sh'd lift it's purple dikes
And flood me with the Dawn!
Version 3
Thank you for the Grave — empty and full — too —
As if I asked a common Alms and in my wondering Hand
A stranger pressed a Kingdom, and I bewildered stand,
As if I asked the Orient had it for me a Morn,
And it should lift it's purple Dikes, and shatter me with Dawn —
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