Milner
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I do willy-nilly
And here and there,
Charity in the second degree,
Unpremeditated —
Except at tax time.
But there are among us —
I know one —
Devil hunters,
Sworn assassins of sorrows,
Career soldiers
In a war against the
Fallenness of the world.
Some of these — most, I expect —
Were drafted to the brigades
By the awful gravity of suffering.
Others — the one I know —
Came to the cause impelled
Not just by heart’s imperative,
But by considered judgment.
Reason, for him, required a
Vigilant, constant, inventive charity.
One needn’t believe in God
To believe in angels.
