In Time Of Doubt
Outcast stands my Bible on the shelf Beside the prince of darkness there, It leans as though to warm itself Upon the bonfires of Voltaire. And if I thought that Ferney’s wraith Could thus adjust such lack of faith I’d pluck the pair and weigh them out: The both for wit, but which for doubt?
Soho
Ferney was the estate purchased by Voltaire in 1758 just over the French border from Geneva.
Poem Published in the following books :
A Glass Half Full
Intangibles and Unknowables
