The Madman: His Parables and Poems

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Kahlil Gibran. The Madman: His Parables and Poems

God

My Friend

The Scarecrow

The Sleep-Walkers

The Wise Dog

The Two Hermits

On Giving and Taking

The Seven Selves

War

The Fox

The Wise King

Ambition

The New Pleasure

The Other Language

The Pomegranate

The Two Cages

The Three Ants

The Grave-Digger

On the Steps of the Temple

The Blessed City

The Good God and the Evil God

Defeat

Night and the Madman

Faces

The Greater Sea

Crucified

The Astronomer

The Great Longing

Said a Blade of Grass

The Eye

The Two Learned Men

When My Sorrow Was Born

And When my Joy was Born

“The Perfect World”

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In the ancient days, when the first quiver of speech came to my lips, I ascended the holy mountain and spoke unto God, saying, “Master, I am thy slave. Thy hidden will is my law and I shall obey thee for ever more.”

But God made no answer, and like a mighty tempest passed away.

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And God made no answer, and like the mist that veils the distant hills he passed away.

And after a thousand years I climbed the sacred mountain and again spoke unto God, saying, “My God, my aim and my fulfillment; I am thy yesterday and thou are my tomorrow. I am thy root in the earth and thou art my flower in the sky, and together we grow before the face of the sun.”

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