God said: "Let Spirit perish into Form," And lexicographers arose, a swarm! Thought fled and left her clothing, which they took, And catalogued each garment in a book. Now, from her leafy covert when she cries: "Give me my clothes and I'll return," they rise And scan the list, and say without compassion: "Excuse us--they are mostly out of fashion."

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God said: "Let Spirit perish into Form," And lexicographers arose, a s… — The Devil's Dictionary