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but I was dreaming  Dreaming that I believed。 The Voice I heard When I 

left you behind me in the north�察 �To wait there and to wonder and grow 

old Of loneliness�察 �told only what was best�察�And with a saving vagueness�察�

I should know Till I knew more。 And had I known even then  After grim 

years of   search   and suffering�察 �So   many  of them  to   end as   they  began    

After   my   sickening   doubts   and   estimations   Of   plans   abandoned   and   of 



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new plans vain  After a weary delving everywhere For men with every 

virtue but the Vision  Could I have known�察�I say�察�before I left you That 

summer morning�察�all there was to know  Even unto the last consuming 

word   That   would   have   blasted   every   mortal   answer As   lightning   would 

annihilate a leaf�察�I might have trembled on that summer morning�察�I might 

have wavered�察�and I might have failed。 

    And   there   are   many  among   men   today To   say  of   me   that   I had   best 

have wavered。 So has it been�察�so shall it always be�察�For those of us who 

give ourselves to die Before   we   are so parcelled   and approved As to be 

slaughtered by authority。 We do   not make   so much   of what they say As 

they of what our folly says of us�察�They give us hardly time enough for that�察�

And thereby we gain much by losing little。 Few are alive to´day with less 

to lose Than I who tell you this�察�or more to gain�察�And whether I speak as 

one   to   be   destroyed   For   no good   end   outside his   own   destruction�察�Time 

shall have more to say than men shall hear Between now and the coming 

of that harvest Which is to come。 Before it comes�察�I go  By the short road 

that mystery makes long For man's endurance of accomplishment。 I shall 

have more to say when I am dead。 



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                             The False Gods 



     ;We are false and evanescent�察�and aware of our deceit�察�From the straw 

that is our vitals to the clay that is our feet。 You may serve us if you must�察�

and you shall have your wage of ashes�察 �Though arrears due thereafter 

may be hard for you to meet。 

     ;You may swear that we are solid�察�you may say that we are strong�察�But 

we know that we are neither and we say that you are wrong�察�You may find 

an easy worship in acclaiming our indulgence�察�But your large admiration 

of us now is not for long。 

     ;If your doom is to adore us with a doubt that's never still�察�And you 

pray to see our faces  pray in earnest�察�and you will。 You may gaze at us 

and live�察�and live assured of our confusion�此�For the False Gods are mortal�察�

and are made for you to kill。 

     ;And you may as well observe�察�while apprehensively at ease With an 

Art that's inorganic and is anything you please�察�That anon your newest ruin 

may lie crumbling unregarded�察�Like an old shrine forgotten in a forest of 

new trees。 

     ;Howsoever   like   no   other   be   the   mode   you   may   employ�察 �There's   an 

order   in   the   ages   for   the   ages   to  enjoy�察  �Though  the   temples   you  are 

shaping and the passions you are singing Are a long way from Athens and 

a longer way from Troy。 

     ;When we promise more than ever of what never shall arrive�察�And you 

seem a little more than ordinarily alive�察�Make a note that you are sure you 

understand our obligations  For there's grief always auditing where two 

and two are five。 

     ;There   was   this   for   us   to   say   and   there   was   this   for   you   to   know�察�

Though   it   humbles   and   it   hurts   us   when   we   have   to   tell   you   so。   If   you 

doubt the only truth in all our perjured composition�察�May the True Gods 

attend you and forget us when we go。; 



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                      Archibald's Example 



     Old Archibald�察�in his eternal chair�察�Where trespassers�察�whatever their 

degree�察�Were soon frowned out again�察�was looking off Across the clover 

when he said to me�此�

     ;My  green   hill   yonder�察  �where   the   sun   goes   down Without   a   scratch�察�

was once inhabited By trees that injured him  an evil trash That made a 

cage�察�and held him while he bled。 

     ;Gone fifty years�察�I see them as they were Before they fell。 They were 

a   crooked   lot   To   spoil   my   sunset�察  �and   I   saw   no   time   In   fifty   years   for 

crooked things to rot。 

     ;Trees�察�yes�察�but not a service or a joy To God or man�察�for they were 

thieves of light。 So down they came。 Nature and I looked on�察�And we were 

glad when they were out of sight。 

     ;Trees are like men�察�sometimes�察�and that being so�察�So much for that。; 

He twinkled in his chair�察�And looked across the clover to the place That he 

remembered when the trees were there。 



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                              London Bridge 



     ;Do I  hear  them�拭�Yes�察 �I  hear  the  children   singing     and   what of   it�拭�

Have you come with eyes afire to find me now and ask me that�拭�If I were 

not their father and if you were not their mother�察�We might believe they 

made a noise。 。 。 。 What are you  driving at� ─�

     ;Well�察�be glad that you can hear them�察�and be glad they are so near us�察�

   For   I   have   heard   the   stars   of   heaven�察  �and   they   were   nearer   still。   All 

within an hour it is that I have heard them calling�察�And though I pray for 

them to cease�察�I know they never will�察�For their music on my heart�察�though 

you   may  freeze   it�察  �will   fall   always�察  �Like summer   snow   that never   melts 

upon a mountain´top。 Do you hear them�拭�Do you hear them overhead  

the children  singing�拭�Do you hear the children singing�拭 � 。 。 God�察�will 

you make them stop� ─�

     ;And   what   now   in   his   holy   name   have   you   to   do   with   mountains�拭�

We're   back   to   town   again�察  �my   dear�察  �and   we've   a   dance   tonight。   Frozen 

hearts   and   falling   music�拭  �Snow   and   stars�察  �and      what   the   devil�   �Say   it 

over to me slowly�察�and be sure you have it right。; 

     ;God knows if I be right or wrong in saying what I tell you�察�Or if I 

know the meaning any more of what I say。 All I know is�察�it will kill me if I 

try to keep it hidden  Well�察�I met him。 。 。 。 Yes�察�I met him�察�and I talked 

with him  today。; 

     ;You met him�拭�Did you meet the ghost of someone you had poisoned�察�

Long ago�察�before I knew you for the woman that you are�拭�Take a chair�察�

and don't begin your stories always in the middle。 Was he man�察�or was he 

demon�拭�Anyhow�察�you've gone too far To go back�察�and I'm  your servant。 

I'm the lord�察�but you're the master。 Now go on with what you know�察�for I'm 

excited。; 

       ;Do you mean  Do you mean to make me try to think that you know 

less than I do�拭─�

     ;I know that you foreshadow the beginning of a scene。 Pray be careful�察�

and as accurate as if the doors of heaven Were to swing or to stay bolted 

from now on for evermore。; 



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     ;Do you conceive�察�with all your smooth contempt of every feeling�察�Of 

hiding what you know and what you must have known before�拭�Is it worth 

a woman's torture to stand here and have you smiling�察�With only your poor 

fetish   of possession   on   your side�拭  �No   thing   but one  is   wholly  sure�察  �and 

that's not one to scare me�察�When I meet it I may say to God at last that I 

have    tried。 

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