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        So Sylvie married a confectioner�察�and�察�like Marion in the ;Ballad of 

Forty Years�察─ �Adrienne's dead; in a convent。                 That is all the story�察�all the 

idyll。    Gerard also wrote the idyll of his own delirium�察�and the proofs of 

it ��Le Reve et la Vie�� were in his pocket when they found him dead in La 

Rue de la Vieille Lanterne。 

     Some of his poems have a sweetness and careless grace�察�like the grace 

of his favourite old ballads。         One cannot translate things like this�此�

        ;Ou   sont   nos   amoureuses�拭  �Elles   sont   au   tombeau�   �Elles   sont   plus 

heureuses Dans un sejour plus beau。; 

        But I shall try the couplets on a Greek air�此�

        ;Neither good morn nor good night。; 

     The sunset is not yet�察�the morn is gone�察�Yet in our eyes the light hath 

paled and passed�察�But twilight shall be lovely as the dawn�察�And night shall 

bring forgetfulness at last� �



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       Gerard's poems are few�察�the best are his vision of a lady with gold 

hair and brown eyes�察�whom he had loved in an earlier existence�察�and his 

humorous little piece on a boy's love for a fair cousin�察�and on their winter 

walk together�察�and the welcome smell of roast turkey which greets them 

on    the  stairs�察 �when    they   come     home。     There    are   also  poems     of  his 

madness�察  �called   Chimeres�察  �and   very   beautiful   in   form。       You   read   and 

admire�察�and don't   understand a  line�察 �yet   it seems   that if we  were  a  little 

more or a little less mad we would understand�此�

       ;Et j'ai deux fois vainqueur traverse l'Acheron�此�Modulant tour e tour 

sur la lyre d'Orphee Les soupirs de la sainte et les cris de la fee。; 

       Here is an attempt to translate the untranslatable�察�the sonnet called ´ 

       ;El Desdichado。; 

     I  am    that  dark�察  �that   disinherited�察   �That   all  dishonoured      Prince   of 

Aquitaine�察�The Star upon my scutcheon long hath fled�察�A black sun on my 

lute doth yet remain� �Oh�察�thou that didst console me not in vain�察�Within 

the tomb�察�among the midnight dead�察�Show me Italian seas�察�and blossoms 

wed�察�The rose�察�the vine´leaf�察�and the golden grain。 

     Say�察�am I Love or Phoebus�拭�have I been Or Lusignan or Biron�拭                    �By a 

Queen Caressed within the Mermaid's haunt I lay�察�And twice I crossed the 

unpermitted stream�察�And touched on Orpheus' lyre as in a dream�察�Sighs of 

a Saint�察�and laughter of a Fay� �



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         ON BOOKS ABOUT RED MEN 



     To Richard Wilby�察�Esq。�察�Eton College�察�Windsor。 

     My Dear Dick��It is very good of you�察�among your severe studies at 

Eton�察�to write to your Uncle。           I am extremely pleased to hear that your 

football is appreciated in the highest circles�察�and shall be happy to have as 

good an account of your skill in making Latin verses。 

     I am glad you like ;She�察─�Mr。 Rider Haggard's book which I sent you。 

It is ;something like�察─�as you say�察�and I quite agree with you�察�both in being 

in love with the heroine�察�and in thinking that she preaches rather too much。 

But�察�then�察�as she was over two thousand years old�察�and had lived for most 

of that time among cannibals�察�who did not understand her�察�one may excuse 

her for ;jawing�察─�as you say�察�a good deal�察�when she met white men。                    You 

want to know if ;She; is a true story。          Of course it is� �

     But    you   have    read   ;She�察─  �and    you   have   read   all  Cooper's�察    �and 

Marryat's�察     �and    Mr。    Stevenson's      books�察   �and    ;Tom      Sawyer�察─    �and 

;Huckleberry   Finn�察─  �several   times。       So   have   I�察  �and   am   quite   ready   to 

begin again。      But�察�to my  mind�察�books about ;Red Indians; have always 

seemed much the most interesting。             At your age�察�I remember�察�I bought a 

tomahawk�察      �and�察  �as  we   had   also  lots  of  spears    and   boomerangs      from 

Australia�察�the poultry used to have rather a rough time of it。 

     I   never   could   do   very   much   with   a   boomerang�察  �but   I   could   throw   a 

spear   to   a   hair's   breadth�察  �as   many   a   chicken   had   occasion   to   discover。 

When you go home for Christmas I hope you will remember that all this 

was very wrong�察�and that you will consider we are civilized people�察�not 

Mohicans�察�nor Pawnees。           I also made a stone pipe�察�like Hiawatha's�察�but I 

never could drill a hole in the stem�察�so it did not ;draw; like a civilized 

pipe。 

     By way of an awful warning to you on this score�察�and also�察�as you say 

you   want   a   true   book   about   Red   Indians�察  �let   me   recommend   to   you   the 

best book about them I ever came across。              It is called ;A Narrative of the 

Captivity and Adventures of John Tanner�察�during Thirty Years' Residence 

among the Indians�察─�and it was published at New York by Messrs。 Carvill�察�



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in 1830。 

     If   I   were   an American   publisher�察  �instead   of   a   British   author   ��how   I 

wish I was�。� I'd publish ;John Tanner; again�察�or perhaps cut a good deal 

out�察�and make a boy's book of it。           You are not likely to get it to buy�察�but 

Mr。 Steevens�察  �the American bookseller�察�has   found me   a copy。               If   I   lend 

you it�察�will you be kind enough to illustrate it on separate sheets of paper�察�

and not make drawings on the pages of the book�拭                 �This will�察�in the long 

run�察  �be   more   satisfactory   to   yourself�察  �as   you   will   be   able   to   keep   your 

pictures�察�for I want ;John Tanner; back again�此            �and don't lend him to your 

fag´master。 

     Tanner was born about 1780�察�he lived in Kentucky。                  Don't you wish 

you had lived in Kentucky in Colonel Boone's time�拭                �The Shawnees were 

roaming about the neighbourhood when Tanner was a little boy。 His uncle 

scalped one of them。        This made bad feeling between the Tanners and the 

Shawnees�察�but John�察�like any boy of spirit�察�wished never to learn lessons�察�

and wanted to be an Indian brave。             He soon had more of being a brave 

than he liked�察�but he never learned any more lessons�察�and could not even 

read or write。 

     One day John's father told him not to leave the house�察�because from 

the movements of the horses�察�he knew that Indians were in the woods。 So 

John seized the first chance and nipped out�察�and ran to a walnut tree in one 

of the fields�察�where he began filling his straw hat with walnuts。                 At that 

very moment he was caught by two Indians�察�who spilled the nuts�察�put his 

hat on his head�察�and bolted with him。            One of the old women of the tribe 

had lost her son�察�and wanted to adopt a boy�察�and so they adopted Johnny 

Tanner。     They ran with him till he was out of breath�察�till they reached the 

Ohio�察  �where   they   threw   him   into   a   canoe�察  �paddled   across�察  �and   set   off 

running again。 

     In ten days' hard marching they reached the camp�察�and it was worse 

than going to a new school�察�for all the Indians kicked John Tanner about�察�

and ;their dance�察─�he says�察 �was brisk and cheerful�察�after the manner of the 

scalp dance� ─      �Cheerful for John�       �He had to lie between the fire and the 

door of the lodge�察�and every one who passed gave him a kick。                     One old 

man was particularly cruel。          When Tanner was grown up�察�he came back 



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to that neighbourhood�察�and the firs

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