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Poetical Works of Robert Bridges excluding the eight dramas

Bridges, Robert Seymour (1844-1930)

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Prometheus the Firegiver
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PROMETHEUS THE FIREGIVER
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[FIRST PART]
  
ODE.
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SECOND PART
  
ODE.
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DEMETER
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DEMETER
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ACT I
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ACT II
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ACT III
  
ODE.
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Eros & Psyche
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[In midmost length of hundred-citied Crete]
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FIRST QUARTER
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SECOND QUARTER
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THIRD QUARTER
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FOURTH QUARTER
  
THE GROWTH OF LOVE
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Shorter Poems
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BOOK I
  
[dedication]
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1 ELEGY
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2 ELEGY
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4 THE CLIFF-TOP
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14 ELEGY
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15 RONDEAU
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16 TRIOLET
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17 TRIOLET
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BOOK II
  
[dedication]
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2 PASSER-BY
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3 LATE SPRING EVENING
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4 WOOING
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6 A WATER-PARTY
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7 THE DOWNS
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8 SPRING
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9 SPRING
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10 ELEGY
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11 DEJECTION
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12 MORNING HYMN
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BOOK III
  
[dedication]
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2 LONDON SNOW
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3 THE VOICE OF NATURE
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4 ON A DEAD CHILD
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5 THE PHILOSOPHER TO HIS MISTRESS
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7 INDOLENCE
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16 SONG
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BOOK IV
  
[dedication]
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5 LAST WEEK OF FEBRUARY, 1890
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6 APRIL, 1885
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13 THE WINDMILL
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19 ANNIVERSARY
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30 LAUS DEO
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BOOK V
  
[dedication]
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1 THE WINNOWERS
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2 THE AFFLICTION OF RICHARD
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4 THE GARDEN IN SEPTEMBER
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6 LARKS
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7 THE PALM WILLOW
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8 ASIAN BIRDS
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9 JANUARY
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10 A ROBIN
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12 NIGHTINGALES
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14 FOUNDER'S DAY. A SECULAR ODE ON THE NINTH JUBILEE OF ETON COLLEGE
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16 NORTH WIND IN OCTOBER
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17 FIRST SPRING MORNING
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18 A VILLAGER
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New Poems
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ECLOGUE I THE MONTHS
  
BASIL AND EDWARD
  
JANUARY
  
FEBRUARY
  
MARCH
  
APRIL
  
MAY
  
JUNE
  
JULY
  
AUGUST
  
SEPTEMBER
  
OCTOBER
  
NOVEMBER
  
DECEMBER
  
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ECLOGUE II GIOVANNI DUPRÈ
  
LAWRENCE AND RICHARD
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ECLOGUE III FOURTH OF JUNE AT ETON
  
RICHARD AND GODFREY
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4 ELEGY
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6 THE SOUTH WIND
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10 SEPTUAGESIMA
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13 PATER FILIO
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14 NOVEMBER
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15 WINTER NIGHTFALL
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18 WISHES
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19 A LOVE LYRIC
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20 ΕΡΩΣ
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21 THE FAIR BRASS
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22 THE DUTEOUS HEART
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23 THE IDLE FLOWERS
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24 DUNSTONE HILL
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25 SCREAMING TARN
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26 THE ISLE OF ACHILLES
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27 AN ANNIVERSARY
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28 REGINA CARA
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Later Poems
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1 RECOLLECTIONS OF SOLITUDE
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2 A VIGNETTE
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3 MILLICENT
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4 VIVAMUS
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7 MELANCHOLIA
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8 TO THE PRESIDENT OF MAGDALEN COLLEGE, OXFORD
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9 TO JOSEPH JOACHIM
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10 TO THOS. FLOYD
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11 LA GLOIRE DE VOLTAIRE
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12 TO ROBERT BURNS
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13 THE PORTRAIT OF A GRANDFATHER
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14 AN INVITATION TO THE OXFORD PAGEANT, JULY 1907
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15 ODE TO MUSIC
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IV
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16 A HYMN OF NATURE
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Poems in Classical Prosody
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1 EPISTLE I TO L. M. WINTRY DELIGHTS
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2 EPISTLE II TO A SOCIALIST IN LONDON
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3 EVENING
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4 POVRE AME AMOUREUSE
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5 THE FOURTH DIMENSION
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6 JOHANNES MILTON, Senex
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7 PYTHAGORAS
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Elegiacs
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8 AMIEL
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10 WALKING HOME
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11 THE RUIN
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12 REVENANTS
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14 ANNIVERSARY
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15 COMMUNION OF SAINTS
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EPITAPHS
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20 IBANT OBSCURI
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21 PRIAM & ACHILLES
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October & OTHER POEMS
  
[dedication]
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1 OCTOBER
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2 THE FLOWERING TREE
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3 NOEL: CHRISTMAS EVE, 1913
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4 IN DER FREMDE
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5 THE PHILOSOPHER AND HIS MISTRESS
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6 NARCISSUS
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7 OUR LADY
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8 THE CURFEW TOWER
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9 FLYCATCHERS
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10 GHOSTS
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11 Ετωσιον αχθος αρουρης
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12 HELL AND HATE
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13 ODE ON THE TERCENTENARY COMMEMORATION OF SHAKESPEARE
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14 THE CHIVALRY OF THE SEA
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15 FOR ‘PAGES INÉDITES’, ETC.
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16 GHELUVELT
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17 THE WEST FRONT
  
18 TRAFALGAR SQUARE
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19 CHRISTMAS EVE, 1917
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20 THE EXCELLENT WAY
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21 ENGLAND TO INDIA
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22 BRITANNIA VICTRIX
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23 POOR CHILD
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24 TO PERCY BUCK
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25 TO HARRY ELLIS WOOLDRIDGE
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26 FORTUNATUS NIMIUM
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27 DEMOCRITUS
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PART ONE NEO-MILTONIC SYLLABICS
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1 CHEDDAR PINKS
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2 POOR POLL
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3 THE TAPESTRY
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4 KATE'S MOTHER
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5 THE COLLEGE GARDEN
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6 THE PSALM
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7 COME SE QUANDO
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PART TWO ACCENTUAL MEASURES
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8 TO FRANCIS JAMMES
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9 MELANCHOLY
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PART THREE OLD STYLES
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10 BUCH DER LIEDER
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11 EMILY BRONTË
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12 THE TRAMPS
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13 THE GREAT ELM
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14 THE SLEEPING MANSION
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15 VISION
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16 LOW BAROMETER
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17 A DREAM
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18 TO HIS EXCELLENCY
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19 Spoken by Sir Johnston Forbes-Robertson at the opening of the Theatre of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art by H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, May 27, 1921.
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20 HODGE
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22 SIMPKIN
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PART FOUR STONE'S QUANTITIVE PROSODY
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23 TO CATULLUS
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24 TO SIR THOS. BARLOW, P.R.C.P.
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25 ΠΟΙΚΙΛΟΘΡΟΝ'
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1 VERSES WRITTEN FOR MRS. DANIEL
  
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2 THE WIDOW

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17
A DREAM

I had come in front of a building and knew
I should enter: the gates were barr'd,
but a postern was open, and I push'd through
and stood in a wide courtyard.
'Twas built, as colleges are, four-square,
though arch and colonnade
all here were of wood and out of repair,
timeworn but undecay'd.
Great carven portals in Gothic style,
when building could save man's soul:
doors worthy to face a cathedral aisle,
or where men-at-arms patrol.
But whether 'twere some old abbey of monks
with cloister, chapel and cell,
or a farmstead with pens and stalls and bunks
for cattle, I could not tell.
There neither were cattle nor men about,
no cock nor clock gave steven;
and I in my dream had never a doubt
'twas the entry-court of heaven.
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An old man then appear'd from a door
and silently moved around;
his beard was grisled and thick, and he wore
a cassock that reach'd the ground;
Stately his figure and lofty his mien,
solemn and slow his tread:
'twas Peter the Saint; I had often seen
in pictures his noble head,
Which truly in Guido's painting is shown
sadden'd and full of force,
as unconvinced he sits on a stone
suffering Paul's discourse.
Like any night-watchman he walked along
peering about on his rounds,
attentive to see that nothing is wrong,
no smoke nor thief within bounds;
Or like a merchant who checks his stores,
sorting his trusty keys,
he unlock'd and anon relock'd the doors,
visiting now those, now these.
Quiet I stood sans hope or fear,
nor moved to catch his eye,
nor felt annoy'd when he came quite near
and pass'd me unnoticed by:
I knew he must know I was there; the scheme
of eternity gave us time;
so I took whatever might hap in my dream
as easy as now in my rhyme.
When, as to a prodigal son, from afar
he approach'd—he had been remiss
through kindness—he said ‘I know who you are:
you won't get further than this:
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‘You needn't be bash'd nor mortified,
nor fancy you're laid on the shelf:
things ain't as they used to be inside;
I don't go in much myself.’
Then passing away he turn'd again,
as if to relieve his mind,
and spoke—if partly he wished to explain,
I'm sure he will'd to be kind:—
He look'd full glum—it may be a sin
to repeat his words, as I know it's
bad taste—but he said—(He'll square me the sin):
‘Why! what d'you think? We've just took in
a batch of those French poets.’
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