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  Pressing the brain; which too much thought expands;



Back to its proper size again; and smoothing



Distortion down till every nerve had soothing;



  And all lay quiet; happy and suppressed。







V。







How soon all worldly wrong would be repaired!



  I think how I should view the earth and skies



And sea; when once again my brow was bared



  After thy healing; with such different eyes。 



O world; as God has made it! All is beauty:



And knowing this; is love; and love is duty。



  What further may be sought for or declared?







VI。







Guercino drew this angel I saw teach



  (Alfred; dear friend!)…that little child to pray;



Holding the little hands up; each to each



  Pressed gently;…with his own head turned away



Over the earth where so much lay before him



Of work to do; though heaven was opening o'er him;



  And he was left at Fano by the beach。







VII。







We were at Fano; and three times we went



  To sit and see him in his chapel there;



And drink his beauty to our soul's content



  …My angel with me too: and since I care



For dear Guercino's fame (to which in power



And glory comes this picture for a dower;



  Fraught with a pathos so magnificent)…







VIII。







And since he did not work thus earnestly



  At all times; and has else endured some wrong…



I took one thought his picture struck from me;



  And spread it out; translating it to song。



My love is here。 Where are you; dear old friend? 



How rolls the Wairoa at your world's far end? 



  This is Ancona; yonder is the sea。















MEMORABILIA。







I。







Ah; did you once see Shelley plain;



  And did he stop and speak to you



And did you speak to him again?



  How strange it seems and new!







II。







But you were living before that;



  And also you are living after;



And the memory I started at…



  My starting moves your laughter。







III。







I crossed a moor; with a name of its own



  And a certain use in the world no doubt;



Yet a hand's…breadth of it shines alone



  'Mid the blank miles round about:







IV。







For there I picked up on the heather



  And there I put inside my breast



A moulted feather; an eagle…feather!



 Well; I forget the rest。















POPULARITY。







I。







Stand still; true poet that you are!



  I know you; let me try and draw you。



Some night you'll fail us: when afar



  You rise; remember one man saw you;



Knew you; and named a star!







II。







My star; God's glow…worm! Why extend



  That loving hand of his which leads you



Yet locks you safe from end to end



  Of this dark world; unless he needs you;



just saves your light to spend?







III。







His clenched hand shall unclose at last;



  I know; and let out all the beauty:



My poet holds the future fast;



  Accepts the coming ages' duty;



Their present for this past。







IV。







That day; the earth's feast…master's brow



  Shall clear; to God the chalice raising;



‘‘Others give best at first; but thou



  ‘‘Forever set'st our table praising;



‘‘Keep'st the good wine till now!''







V。







Meantime; I'll draw you as you stand;



  With few or none to watch and wonder:



I'll say…a fisher; on the sand



  By Tyre the old; with ocean…plunder;



A netful; brought to land。







VI。







Who has not heard how Tyrian shells



  Enclosed the blue; that dye of dyes



Whereof one drop worked miracles;



  And coloured like Astarte's eyes



Raw silk the merchant sells?







VII。







And each bystander of them all



  Could criticize; and quote tradition



How depths of blue sublimed some pall



  …To get which; pricked a king's ambition



Worth sceptre; crown and ball。







VIII。







Yet there's the dye; in that rough mesh;



  The sea has only just o'erwhispered!



Live whelks; each lip's beard dripping fresh;



  As if they still the water's lisp heard



Through foam the rock…weeds thresh。







IX。







Enough to furnish Solomon



  Such hangings for his cedar…house;



That; when gold…robed he took the throne



  In that abyss of blue; the Spouse



Might swear his presence shone







X。







Most like the centre…spike of gold



  Which burns deep in the blue…bell's womb;



What time; with ardours manifold;



  The bee goes singing to her groom;



Drunken and overbold。







XI。







Mere conchs! not fit for warp or woof!



  Till cunning come to pound and squeeze



And clarify;…refine to proof



  The liquor filtered by degrees;



While the world stands aloof。







XII。







And there's the extract; flasked and fine;



  And priced and saleable at last! 



And Hobbs; Nobbs; Stokes and Nokes combine



  To paint the future from the past; 



Put blue into their line。







XIII。







Hobbs hints blue;…Straight he turtle eats:



  Nobbs prints blue;…claret crowns his cup: 



Nokes outdares Stokes in azure feats;…



  Both gorge。 Who fished the murex up?



What porridge had John Keats?







* 1  The Syrian Venus。



* 2  Molluscs from which the famous Tyrian



*    purple dye was obtained。



















MASTER HUGUES OF SAXE…GOTHA。



'An imaginary composer。'







I。







Hist; but a word; fair and soft!



  Forth and be judged; Master Hugues!



Answer the question I've put you so oft:



  What do you mean by your mountainous fugues?



See; we're alone in the loft;…







II。







I; the poor organist here;



  Hugues; the composer of note;



Dead though; and done with; this many a year:



  Let's have a colloquy; something to quote;



Make the world prick up its ear!







III。







See; the church empties apace:



  Fast they extinguish the lights。



Hallo there; sacristan! Five minutes' grace!



  Here's a crank pedal wants setting to rights;



Baulks one of holding the base。







IV。







See; our huge house of the sounds;



  Hushing its hundreds at once;



Bids the last loiterer back to his bounds!



  O you may challenge them; not a response



Get the church…saints on their rounds!







V。







(Saints go their rounds; who shall doubt?



  …March; with the moon to admire;



Up nave; down chancel; turn transept about;



  Supervise all betwixt pavement and spire;



Put rats and mice to the rout…







 VI。







 Aloys and Jurien and Just…



   Order things back to their place;



 Have a sharp eye lest the candlesticks rust;



   Rub the church…plate; darn the sacrament…lace;



 Clear the desk…velvet of dust。)







 VII。







Here's your book; younger folks shelve!



  Played I not off…hand and runningly;



Just now; your masterpiece; hard number twelve?



  Here's what should strike; could one handle it cunningly:



HeIp the axe; give it a helve!







VIII。







Page after page as I played;



  Every bar's rest; where one wipes



Sweat from one's brow; I looked up and surveyed;



  O'er my three claviers yon forest of pipes



Whence you still peeped in the shade。







IX。







Sure you were wishful to speak?



  You; with brow ruled like a score;



Yes; and eyes buried in pits on each cheek;



  Like two great breves; as they wrote them of yore;



Each side that bar; your straight beak!







X。







Sure you said…‘‘Good; the mere notes!



  ‘‘Still; couldst thou take my intent;



‘‘Know what procured me our Company's votes…



  ‘‘A master were lauded and sciolists shent;



‘‘Parted the sheep from the goats!''







XI。







Well then; speak up; never flinch!



  Quick; ere my candle's a snuff



…Burnt; do you see? to its uttermost inch…



  _I_ believe in you; but that's not enough:



Give my conviction a clinch!







XII。







First you deliver your phrase



  …Nothing propound; that I see;



Fit in itself for much blame or much praise…



  Answered no less; where no answer needs be:



Off start the Two on their ways。







XIII。







Straight must a Third interpose;



  Volunteer needlessly help;



In strikes a Fourth; a Fifth thrusts in his nose;



  So the cry's open; the kennel's a…yelp;



Argument's hot to the close。







XIV。







One dissertates; he is candid;



  Two must discept;has distinguished;



Three helps the couple; if ever yet man did;



  Four protests; Five makes a dart at the thing wished:



Back to One; goes the case bandied。







XV。







One says his say with a difference



  More of expounding; explaining!



All now is wrangle; abuse; and vociferance;



  Now there's a truce; all's subdued; self…restraining:



Five; though; stands out all the stiffer hence。







XVI。







One is incisive; corrosive:



  Two retorts; nettled; curt; crepitant;



Three makes rejoinder; expansive; explosive;



  Four overbears them all; strident and strepitant;



Five 。。。 O Danaides; O Sieve!







XVII。







Now; they ply axes and crowbars;



  Now; they pri
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