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28   The shapes arise!
The shape measur'd, saw'd, jack'd, join'd, stain'd,
The coffin-shape for the dead to lie within in his      shroud;
The shape got out in posts, in the bedstead posts, in      the posts of the bride's bed;
The shape of the little trough, the shape of the rockers      beneath, the shape of the babe's cradle;
The shape of the floor-planks, the floor-planks for      dancers' feet;
The shape of the planks of the family home, the      home of the friendly parents and children,
The shape of the roof of the home of the happy      young man and woman, the roof over the well-     married young man and woman,
The roof over the supper joyously cook'd by the chaste      wife, and joyously eaten by the chaste husband,      content after his day's work.
29  The shapes arise!
The shape of the prisoner's place in the court-room,      and of him or her seated in the place;
The shape of the liquor-bar lean'd against by the      young rum-drinker and the old rum drinker;
The shape of the shamed and angry stairs, trod by      sneaking footsteps;
The shape of the sly settee, and the adulterous un-     wholesome couple;
The shape of the gambling-board with its devilish      winnings and losings;
The shape of the step-ladder for the convicted and      sentenced murderer, the murderer with hag-     gard face and pinion'd arms,
The sheriff at hand with his deputies, the silent and      white-lipp'd crowd, the sickening dangling of      the rope.
30   The shapes arise!
Shapes of doors giving many exits and entrances;
The door passing the dissever'd friend, flush'd and in      haste;
The door that admits good news and bad news;
The door whence the son left home, confident and      puff'd up;
The door he enter'd again from a long and scandalous      absence, diseas'd, broken down, without inno-     cence, without means.