Poem by Lola Ridge

Babel

Oh, God did cunningly, there at Babel--
Not mere tongues dividing, but soul from soul,
So that never again should men be able
To fashion one infinite, towering whole.

1. To the Others
2. The Destroyer
3. The Foundling
4. Broadway
5. Palestine

Caroline Norton Babel ("KNOW ye in ages past that tower")

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