Color－Caste－Denomination－1
These－are Time's Affair－
Death's diviner Classifying
Does not know they are－
As in sleep－All Hue forgotten－5
Tenets－put behind－
Death's large－Democratic fingers
Rub away the Brand－
If Circassian－He is careless－9
If He put away
Chrysalis of Blonde－or Umber－
Equal Butterfly－
They emerge from His Obscuring－13
What Death－knows so well－
Our minuter intuitions－
Deem unplausible－
These－are Time's Affair－
Death's diviner Classifying
Does not know they are－
As in sleep－All Hue forgotten－5
Tenets－put behind－
Death's large－Democratic fingers
Rub away the Brand－
If Circassian－He is careless－9
If He put away
Chrysalis of Blonde－or Umber－
Equal Butterfly－
They emerge from His Obscuring－13
What Death－knows so well－
Our minuter intuitions－
Deem unplausible－
(F.836/J.970)
[3] Death:: a pestilence, plague; a hint on black death.
[1–6] Color, Caste, Hue, Tenets:: plague ruins all kind of people.
[9] He:: God.
[9, 12] Circassian, Butterfly:: it treats animals the same.
[13] His Obscuring:: God's punishment.
[16] unplausible:: unbelievable from our instinct that God will give us plague.
though the plague of God chance unto you, yet remain ye steadfast in the faith and fear of God, and thank him ─ The Church Historians of England (1861)
