The Cross + 

All day the world’s mad mocking strife, + 

The venomed prick of probing knife, + 

The baleful, subtle leer of scorn + 

That rims the world from morn to morn, + 

While reptile-visions writhe and creep + 

Into the very arms of sleep + 

To quench the fitful burnished gleams: + 

A crucifixion in my dreams! + 