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Mondá Krisztus: «Boldogok a szegények,
A vakok, nyomorékok s koldusok mind,
A csillagok fölé emelem õket,
A mennyország lovagjaivá tészem,
És nevezem dicsõk közt legdicsõbbnek…»
Jó! Ám legyen! De mi lesz majd azokkal,
Akiknek gondolataival élünk,
Kiknek neve számunkra tettre hívás?
Õk nagyságukat mivel válthatják meg,
Az egyensúly hogyan fizet meg nékik?
Vagy Beatricébõl prostituált lett,
Süketnémává a nagy Wolfgang Goethe,
És Byron utcai bohóccá… Ó, be szörnyû!

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