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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.



Lola Ridge


Lola Ridge's other poems:
  1. Dawn Wind
  2. Frank Little at Calvary
  3. The Ghetto
  4. “The Everlasting Return”
  5. Fuel


Poems of the other poets with the same name:

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

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