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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。