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my   letters   are   like   blossoms   pale   We   strew   upon   a   grave   with   hopeless 

tears。    I ask no recompense�察�I shall not fail Although you do not heed�察�the 

long�察  �sad   years   Still   pass�察  �and   still   I   scatter   flowers   frail�察�And   whisper 

words of love which no one hears。 



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                                         The End 



     Throughout the echoing chambers of my brain                 I hear your words in 

mournful cadence toll         Like some slow passing´bell which warns the soul 

Of sundering darkness。          Unrelenting�察�fain To batter down resistance�察�fall 

again     Stroke after stroke�察�insistent diastole�察        �The bitter blows of truth�察�

until the whole Is hammered into fact made strangely plain。                 Where shall 

I   look   for   comfort�拭   �Not   to   you。    Our   worlds   are   drawn   apart�察    �our 

spirit's   suns   Divided�察   �and   the  light  of  mine    burnt   dim。    Now     in  the 

haunted twilight I must do          Your will。      I grasp the cup which over´runs�察�

And with my trembling lips I touch the rim。 



                                     The Starling 



            ;`I        can't        get       out'�察      �said        the        starling。; 

Sterne's `Sentimental Journey'。 



     Forever   the   impenetrable   wall      Of   self   confines   my   poor   rebellious 

soul�察   �I   never   see   the   towering   white   clouds   roll   Before   a   sturdy   wind�察�

save through the small Barred window of my jail。                 I live a thrall     With 

all   my   outer   life   a   clipped�察  �square   hole�察�Rectangular�察  �a   fraction   of   a 

scroll Unwound and winding like a worsted ball。               My thoughts are grown 

uneager and depressed            Through being always mine�察�my fancy's wings 

Are   moulted   and   the   feathers   blown   away。      I   weary   for   desires   never 

guessed�察      �For    alien   passions�察  �strange    imaginings�察   �To   be   some    other 

person for a day。 



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                                   Market Day 



    White�察    �glittering  sunlight   fills  the  market   square�察   �Spotted     and 

sprigged   with   shadows。     Double   rows    Of   bartering   booths   spread   out 

their tempting shows Of globed and golden fruit�察�the morning air Smells 

sweet with ripeness�察�on the pavement there            A wicker basket gapes and 

overflows      Spilling   out   cool�察 �blue  plums。    The    market    glows�察  �And 

flaunts�察�and clatters in its busy care。    A stately minster at the northern side 

Lifts its twin spires to the distant sky�察    �Pinnacled�察�carved and buttressed�察�

through the wide Arched doorway peals an organ�察�suddenly                Crashing�察�

triumphant in its pregnant tide�察�Quenching the square in vibrant harmony。 



        Epitaph in a Church´Yard in Charleston�察�South 



                                    Carolina 



              GEORGE         AUGUSTUS         CLOUGH                   A   NATIVE 

OF   LIVERPOOL�察          �DIED   SUDDENLY   OF   ;STRANGER'S                FEVER; 

NOV'R 5th 1843                             AGED 22 



    He   died   of   ;Stranger's   Fever;   when   his   youth Had   scarcely   melted 

into manhood�察�so       The chiselled legend runs�察�a brother's woe Laid bare 

for epitaph。    The savage ruth Of a sunny�察�bright�察�but alien land�察�uncouth 

With cruel caressing dealt a mortal blow�察        �And by this summer sea where 

flowers grow In tropic splendor�察�witness to the truth Of ineradicable race 

he lies。   The law of duty urged that he should roam�察�Should sail from fog 

and   chilly   airs   to   skies Clear   with   deceitful   welcome。 He   had   come 

With proud resolve�察�but still his lonely eyes        Ached with fatigue at never 

seeing home。 



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                         Francis II�察�King of Naples 



    Written after reading Trevelyan's ;Garibaldi and the making of Italy; 



    Poor foolish monarch�察�vacillating�察�vain�察         �Decaying victim of a race of 

kings�察   �Swift Destiny shook out her purple wings And caught him in their 

shadow�察�not again Could furtive plotting smear another stain               Across his 

tarnished    honour。    Smoulderings       Of    sacrificial  fires  burst  their  rings 

And blotted out in smoke his lost domain。 Bereft of courtiers�察�only with 

his   queen�察   �From     empty    palace   down    to  empty    quay。   No    challenge 

screamed from hostile carabine。          A single vessel waited�察�shadowy�察          �All 

night   she   ploughed   her   solitary   way   Beneath   the   stars�察  �and   through   a 

tranquil sea。 



                                   To John Keats 



     Great master�      �Boyish�察�sympathetic man�         �Whose orbed and ripened 

genius lightly hung       From life's slim�察�twisted tendril and there swung In 

crimson´sphered completeness�察�guardian Of crystal portals through whose 

openings     fan   The    spiced   winds    which   blew   when    earth   was   young�察�

Scattering   wreaths   of   stars�察  �as   Jove   once   flung   A   golden   shower   from 

heights   cerulean。    Crumbled   before   thy   majesty   we   bow。       Forget   thy 

empurpled state�察�thy panoply Of greatness�察�and be merciful and near�察                 �A 

youth who trudged the highroad we tread now                Singing the miles behind 

him�察�so may we Faint throbbings of thy music overhear。 



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                    The Boston Athenaeum 



                             The Boston Athenaeum 



     Thou dear and well´loved haunt of happy hours�察�How often in   some 

distant gallery�察�Gained by a little painful spiral stair�察�Far from the halls and 

corridors where throng The crowd of casual readers�察�have I passed Long�察�

peaceful   hours   seated   on   the   floor   Of   some   retired   nook�察  �all   lined   with 

books�察  �Where   reverie   and   quiet   reign   supreme� �Above�察  �below�察  �on   every 

side�察�high shelved From careless grasp of transient interest�察�Stand books 

we can but dimly see�察�their charm Much greater that their titles are unread�察�

While     on   a  level   with   the  dusty    floor  Others    are   ranged    in  orderly 

confusion�察  �And   we   must   stoop   in   painful   posture   while   We   read   their 

names and learn their histories。 The little gallery winds round about The 

middle   of   a   most   secluded   room�察  �Midway   between   the   ceiling   and   the 

floor。 A type of those high thoughts�察�which while we read Hover between 

the earth and furthest heaven As fancy wills�察�leaving the printed page�察�For 

books but give the theme�察�our hearts the rest�察�Enriching simple words with 

unguessed harmony And overtones of thought we only know。 And as we 

sit long hours quietly�察�Reading at times�察�and at times simply dreaming�察�The 

very  room   itself   becomes   a   friend�察�The   confidant   of   intimate   hopes   and 

fears�察�A place   where are engendered pleasant thoughts�察�And possibilities 

before unguessed Come to fruition born of sympathy。 And as in some gay 

garden   stretched upon A genial   southern   slope�察 �warmed   by  the   sun�察�The 

flowers   give   their   fragrance   joyously   To   the   caressing   touch   of   the   hot 

noon�察  �So   books   give   up   the   all   of   what   they   mean   Only   in   a   congenial 

atmosphere�察�Only when touched by reverent hands�察�and read By those who 

love and feel as well as think。 For books are more than books�察�they are the 

life�察�The very heart and core of ages past�察�The reason why men lived�察�and 



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worked�察  �and   died�察  �The   essence   and   quintessence   of   their   lives。 And   we 

may know them better�察�and divine The inner motives whence their actions 

sprang�察�Far better than the men who only knew Their bodily presence�察�the 

soul forever hid From those with no ability to see。 They wait here quietly 

for us to come And find them out�察�and know them for our friends�察�These 

men who toiled and wrote only for this�察�To leave behind such modicum of 

truth As   each   perceived   and   each   alone   could   tell。   Silently   waiting   that 

from time to time It may be given them to illuminate Dull daily facts with 

pristine radiance For some long´waited´for affinity Who lingers yet in the 

deep womb of time。 The shifting sun pierces the young green leaves Of 

elm trees�察�newly coming into bud�察�And splashes on the floor and on the 

books Through old�察�high�察�rounded windows�察�dim with age。 The noisy city´ 

sounds of modern life Float softened to us across the old graveyard。 The 

room   is   filled   with   a   warm�察  �mellow   light�察  �No   garish   colours   jar   on   our 

content�察�The books upon the shelves are old and worn。 'T was no belated 

effort   nor   attempt   To   keep   abreast   with   old   as   well   as   new   That   placed 

them here�察�tricked in a modern guise�察�Easily got�察�and held in light esteem。 

Our   fathers'   fathers�察  �slowly   and   carefully   Gathered   them�察  �one   by   one�察�

when     they   were    new    And    a  delighted     world    received    their  thoughts 

Hungrily�察�while we but love the more�察�Because they are so old and grown 

so    dear�   �The   backs    of  tarnished    gold�察  �the  faded    boards�察  �The    slightly 

yellowi

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