The Red Patrol

Gilbert Parker (1862–1932)

“Strangers come to the outer walls—(Why do the sleepers stir?)Strangers enter the Judgment House—(Why do the sleepers sigh?)Slow they rise in their judgment seats,Sieve and measure the naked souls,Then with a blessing return to sleep—(Quiet the Judgment House.)Lone and sick are the vagrant souls—(When shall the world come home?)”