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toward the highway's side�察 �There's a sorry figure of fun�察─ �jested he�察�
;Well�察�Sirrah� �move back�察�there is scarce room to ride。;
;Good Sirs�察�Kind Sirs�察─�begged the crestfallen fool�察 �I pray of your
courtesy speech with you�察�I'm for yonder town�察�and have no horse to ride�察�
Have you never a charger will carry two�拭─�
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Then the company halted and laughed out loud。 ;Was such a request
ever made to a knight�拭─ �And where are your legs�察─ �asked one�察 �if you
start�察 �You may be inside the town gates to´night。;
;'T is a lazy fellow�察�let him alone�察 �They've no room in the town for
such idlers as he。; But one bent from his saddle and said�察 �My man�察 �Art
thou not ashamed to beg charity� �
;Thou art well set up�察�and thy legs are strong�察 �But it much misgives
me lest thou'rt a fool�察�For beggars get only a beggar's crust�察 �Wise men
are reared in a different school。;
Then they clattered away in the dust and the wind�察�And the fool
slunk back to his lonely stone�察 �He began to see that the man who asks
Must likewise give and not ask alone。
Purple tree´shadows crept over the road�察 �The level sun flung an
orange light�察�And the fool laid his head on the hard�察�gray stone And wept
as he realized advancing night。
A great�察�round moon rose over a hill And the steady wind blew yet
more cool�察�And crouched on a stone a wayfarer sobbed�察 �For at last he
knew he was only a fool。
The Green Bowl
This little bowl is like a mossy pool In a Spring wood�察�where dogtooth
violets grow Nodding in chequered sunshine of the trees�察�A quiet place�察�
still�察�with the sound of birds�察�Where�察�though unseen�察�is heard the endless
song And murmur of the never resting sea。 'T was winter�察�Roger�察�when you
made this cup�察�But coming Spring guided your eager hand And round the
edge you fashioned young green leaves�察�A proper chalice made to hold the
shy And little flowers of the woods。 And here They will forget their sad
uprooting�察�lost In pleasure that this circle of bright leaves Should be their
setting�察�once more they will dream They hear winds wandering through
lofty trees And see the sun smiling between the leaves。
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The stars hang thick in the apple tree�察�The south wind smells of the
pungent sea�察 �Gold tulip cups are heavy with dew。 The night's for you�察�
Sweetheart�察�for you� �Starfire rains from the vaulted blue。
Listen� �The dancing of unseen leaves。 A drowsy swallow stirs in the
eaves。 Only a maiden is sorrowing。 'T is night and spring�察�Sweetheart�察�and
spring� �Starfire lights your heart's blossoming。
In the intimate dark there's never an ear�察�Though the tulips stand on
tiptoe to hear�察 �So give�察 �ripe fruit must shrivel or fall。 As you are mine�察�
Sweetheart�察�give all� �Starfire sparkles�察�your coronal。
Fragment
What is poetry�拭 �Is it a mosaic Of coloured stones which curiously
are wrought Into a pattern�拭 �Rather glass that's taught By patient labor
any hue to take And glowing with a sumptuous splendor�察�make Beauty a
thing of awe�察 �where sunbeams caught�察 �Transmuted fall in sheafs of
rainbows fraught With storied meaning for religion's sake。
Loon Point
Softly the water ripples Against the canoe's curving side�察�Softly the
birch trees rustle Flinging over us branches wide。
Softly the moon glints and glistens As the water takes and leaves�察�
Like golden ears of corn Which fall from loose´bound sheaves�察�
Or like the snow´white petals Which drop from an overblown rose�察�
When Summer ripens to Autumn And the freighted year must close。
From the shore come the scents of a garden�察 �And between a gap in
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the trees A proud white statue glimmers In cold�察�disdainful ease。
The child of a southern people�察 �The thought of an alien race�察�What
does she in this pale�察�northern garden�察 �How reconcile it with her grace�拭�
But the moon in her wayward beauty Is ever and always the same�察�
As lovely as when upon Latmos She watched till Endymion came。
Through the water the moon writes her legends In light�察 �on the
smooth�察�wet sand�察�They endure for a moment�察�and vanish�察 �And no one
may understand。
All round us the secret of Nature Is telling itself to our sight�察�We may
guess at her meaning but never Can know the full mystery of night。
But her power of enchantment is on us�察 �We bow to the spell which
she weaves�察�Made up of the murmur of waves And the manifold whisper
of leaves。
Summer
Some men there are who find in nature all Their inspiration�察�hers the
sympathy Which spurs them on to any great endeavor�察�To them the fields
and woods are closest friends�察�And they hold dear communion with the
hills�察�The voice of waters soothes them with its fall�察�And the great winds
bring healing in their sound。 To them a city is a prison house Where pent
up human forces labour and strive�察�Where beauty dwells not�察�driven forth
by man�察�But where in winter they must live until Summer gives back the
spaces of the hills。 To me it is not so。 I love the earth And all the gifts of
her so lavish hand�此�Sunshine and flowers�察�rivers and rushing winds�察�Thick
branches swaying in a winter storm�察�And moonlight playing in a boat's
wide wake�察�But more than these�察�and much�察�ah�察�how much more�察�I love the
very human heart of man。 Above me spreads the hot�察�blue mid´day sky�察�
Far down the hillside lies the sleeping lake Lazily reflecting back the sun�察�
And scarcely ruffled by the little breeze Which wanders idly through the
nodding ferns。 The blue crest of the distant mountain�察�tops The green crest
of the hill on which I sit�察�And it is summer�察�glorious�察�deep´toned summer�察�
The very crown of nature's changing year When all her surging life is at its
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full。 To me alone it is a time of pause�察�A void and silent space between two
worlds�察�When inspiration lags�察�and feeling sleeps�察�Gathering strength for
efforts yet to come。 For life alone is creator of life�察�And closest contact
with the human world Is like a lantern shining in the night To light me to a
knowledge of myself。 I love the vivid life of winter months In constant
intercourse with human minds�察�When every new experience is gain And
on all sides we feel the great world's heart�察 �The pulse and throb of life
which makes us men� �
;To´morrow to Fresh Woods and Pastures New;
As for a moment he stands�察�in hardy masculine beauty�察�Poised on the
fircrested rock�察 �over the pool which below him Gleams in the wavering
sunlight�察�waiting the shock of his plunging。 So for a moment I stand�察�my
feet planted firm in the present�察�Eagerly scanning the future which is so
soon to possess me。
The Way
At first a mere thread of a footpath half blotted out by the grasses
Sweeping triumphant across it�察�it wound between hedges of roses Whose
blossoms were poised above leaves as pond lilies float on the water�察�While
hidden by bloom in a hawthorn a bird filled the morning with singing。
It widened a highway�察 �majestic�察 �stretching ever to distant horizons�察�
Where shadows of tree´branches wavered�察 �vague outlines invaded by
sunshine�察�No sound but the wind as it whispered the secrets of earth to the
flowers�察 �And the hum of the yellow bees�察 �honey´laden and dusty with
pollen。 And Summer said�察 �Come�察 �follow onward�察 �with no thought save
the longing to wander�察 �The wind�察 �and the bees�察 �and the flowers�察 �all
singing the great song of Nature�察 �Are minstrels of change and of
promise�察�they herald the joy of the Future。;
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Later the solitude vanished�察 �confused and distracted the road Where
many were seeking and jostling。 Left behind were the trees and the
flowers�察 �The half´realized beauty of quiet�察 �the sacred unconscious
communing。 And now he is come to a river�察�a line of gray�察�sullen water�察�
Not blue and splashing�察�but dark�察�rolling somberly on to the ocean。 But on
the far side is a city whose windows flame gold in the sunset。 It lies fair
and shining before him�察�a gem set betwixt sky and water�察�And spanning
the ri