So Did You Die of History

Music: Fugue in C# Minor. By Dimitri Shostakovich. Sequenced by J. Marques.

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So did you die of history, Each innocent of dogma dead, Purloined to play in some fool's head The drama of his destiny. Even in your hapless herds, Miracles to men unmoved, Being loved as you were loved, Even thus, you were but words. Reason seeks what reason knows. Each alone must bridge the gulf, Loving all as if oneself, Else blood with reason endless flows. Vanquished, you must still live on, Each murdered soul a monument, Nor what you mean be what you meant, The private to the public gone, Held long as letters carved in stone.