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No madder crew of wastrels than This fellowship of mirth。 。 。 。 ��Of
mirth 。 。 。 drink�察�fools��nor let it flag Lest from the outer mist Creep in
that other company Unbidden to the tryst。
We're grown so fond of paradox Perverseness holds us thrall�察 �So
what each jester loves the best He mocks the most of all�察�But as the jest
and laugh go round�察 �Each in his neighbor's eyes Reads�察�while he flouts
his heart's desire�察 �The knowledge that he lies。
Not one of us but had some pearls And flung them to the swine�察�
Not one of us but had some gift Some spark of fire divine Each
might have been God's minister In the temple of some art Each feels
his gift perverted move Wormlike through his dry heart。
If God called Azrael to Him now And bade Death bend the bow
Against the saddest heart that beats Here on this earth below�察�Not any
sobbing breast would gain The guerdon of that barb
The saddest ones are those that wear The jester's motley garb。
Whose shout aye loudest rings�察�and whose The maddest cranks and
quips Who mints his soul to laughter's coin And wastes it with his
lips Has grown too sad for sighs and seeks To cheat himself with
mirth�察 �We fools self´doomed to motley are The weariest wights on
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earth� �
But yet�察�for us whose brains and hearts Strove aye in paths perverse�察�
Doomed still to know the better things And still to do the worse�察�
What else is there remains for us But make a jest of care And set the
rafters ringing�察�in Our Tavern of Despair�拭�
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COLORS AND SURFACES
A GOLDEN LAD
��D。 V。 M。��
;Golden lads and lasses must Like chimney´sweepers come to dust。;
SHAKESPEARE。
So young�察 �but already the splendor Of genius robed him about
Already the dangerous�察�tender Regard of the gods marked him out
��On whom the burden and duty They bind�察�at his earliest breath�察�Of
showing their own grave beauty�察 �They love and they crown with death。��
We were of one blood�察 �but the olden Rapt poets spake out in his
tone�察�We were of one blood�察�but the golden Rathe promise was his�察�his
alone。
And ever his great eye glistened With visions I could not see�察�Ever
he thrilled and listened To voices withholden from me。
Young lord of the realms of fancy�察 �The bright dreams flocked to his
call Like sprites that the necromancy Of a Prospero holds in thrall
Quick visions that served and attended�察 �Elusive and hovering things�察�
With a quiver of joy in the splendid Wild sweep of their luminous
wings�察�
He dwelt in an alien glamor�察 �He wrought of its gleams a crown�察�
But the world�察 �with its cruelty and clamor�察�Broke him and beat him
down�察�
So he passed�察�he was worn�察�he was weary�察 �He was slain at the touch
of life�察�With a smile that was wistful and eerie He passed from the
senseless strife�察�
So he ceased ��is their humor satiric�察 �These gods that make perfect
and blight�殖� He ceased like an exquisite lyric That dies on the breast
of night。
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THE SAGE AND THE WOMAN
'TWIXT ancient Beersheba and Dan Another such a caravan Dazed
Palestine had never seen As that which bore Sabea's queen Up from the
fain and flaming South To slake her yearning spirit's drouth At
wisdom's pools�察�with Solomon。
With gifts of scented sandalwood�察 �And labdanum�察 �and cassia´bud�察�
With spicy spoils of Araby And camel´loads of ivory And heavy cloths
that glanced and shone With inwrought pearl and beryl´stone She came�察�
a bold Sabean girl。
And did she find him grave�察�or gay�拭 �Perchance his palace breathed
that day With psalters sounding solemnly Or cymbals' merrier
minstrelsy Perchance the wearied monarch heard Some loose´tongued
prophet's meddling word�察 �None knows�察�no onebut Solomon� �
She lookedwith eyne wherein were blent All ardors of the Orient�察�
She spakeall magics of the South Were compassed in the witch's mouth�察�
´ He thought the scarlet lips of her More precious than En Gedi's myrrh�察�
The lips of that Sabean girl�察�
By many an amorous sun caressed�察�From lifted brow to amber breast
She gleamed in vivid loveliness And lithe as any leopardess And verily�察�
one blames thee not If thine own proverbs were forgot�察�O Solomon�察�
wise Solomon� �
She danced for him�察�and surely she Learnt dancing from some moonlit
sea
Where elfin vapors swirled and swayed While the wild pipes of
witchcraft played Such clutching music 'twould impel A prophet's self to
dance to hell So spun the light Sabean girl。
He swore her laughter had the lilt Of chiming waters that are spilt In
sprays of spurted melody From founts of carven porphyry�察 �And in the
billowy turbulence Of her dusk hair drowned soul and sense Dark
tides and deep�察�O Solomon� �
Perchance unto her day belongs His poem called the Song of Songs�察�
Each little lyric interval Timed to her pulse's rise and fall�察�Or when he
cried out wearily That all things end in vanity Did he mean that Sabean
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girl�拭�
The bright barbaric opulence�察�The sun´kist Temple�察�Kedar's tents�察�
How many a careless caravan 'Twixt Beersheba and ruined Dan�察�
Within these forty centuries�察 �Has flung their dust to many a breeze�察�
With dust that was King Solomon� �
But still the lesson holds as true�察�O King�察�as when she lessoned you�此�
That very wise men are not wise Until they read in Folly's eyes The
wisdom that escapes the schools�察�That bids the sage revise his rules By
light of some Sabean girl� �
NEWS FROM BABYLON
;Archaeologists have discovered a love´letter among the ruins of
Babylon。; Newspaper report。
The world hath just one tale to tell�察�and it is very old�察�A little talea
simple talea tale that's easy told�此 �There was a youth in Babylon who
greatly loved a maid� ─ �The world hath just one song to sing�察 �but
sings it unafraid�察�A little songa foolish songthe only song it hath�此�
;There was a youth in Ascalon who loved a girl in Gath� ─�
Homer clanged it�察�Omar twanged it�察�Greece and Persia knew� �
Nimrod's reivers�察 �Hiram's weavers�察 �Hindu�察 �Kurd�察 �and Jew
Crowning Tyre�察�Troy afire�察�they have dreamed the dream�察�Tiber´side
and Nilus´tide brightened with the gleam
Oh�察 �the suing�察 �sighing�察 �wooing�察 �sad and merry hours�察 �Blisses
tasted�察 �kisses wasted�察 �building Babel's towers� �Hearts were aching�察�
hearts were breaking�察�lashes wet with dew�察�When the ships touched
the lips of islands Sappho knew�察 �Yearning breasts and burning
breasts�察 �cold at last�察 �are hid Amid the glooms of carven tombs in
Khufu's pyramid Though the sages�察 �down the ages�察 �smile their
cynic doubt�察�Man and maid�察�unafraid�察�put the schools to rout�察�Seek to
chain love and retain love in the bonds of breath�察�Vow to hold love�察�
bind and fold love even unto death� �
The dust of forty centuries has buried Babylon�察 �And out of all her
lovers dead rises only one�察�Rises with a song to sing and laughter in his
eyes�察�The old songthe only songfor all the rest are lies� �
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For�察 �oh�察 �the world has just one dream�察 �and it is very old 'Tis
youth's dreama silly dreambut it is flushed with gold� �
A RHYME OF THE ROADS
PEARL´SLASHED and purple and crimson and fringed with
gray mist of the hills�察�The pennons of morning advance to the music of
rock´fretted rills�察 �The dumb forest quickens to song�察 �and the little
gusts shout as they fling A floor´cloth of orchard bloom down for the
flash´ ing�察�quick feet of the Spring。
To the road�察�gipsy´heart�察�thou and I� �'Tis the mad piper�察�Spring�察�
who is leading�察 �'Tis the pulse of his piping that throbs through the
brain�察 �irresistibly pleading�察 �Full´blossomed�察 �deep´bosomed�察 �fain woman�察�
light´