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dramatic lyrics-第17部分
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XVII。
Now; they ply axes and crowbars;
Now; they prick pins at a tissue
Fine as a skein of the casuist Escobar's
Worked on the bone of a lie。 To what issue?
Where is our gain at the Two…bars?
XVIII。
_Est fuga; volvitur rota。_
On we drift: where looms the dim port?
One; Two; Three; Four; Five; contribute their quota;
Something is gained; if one caught but the import…
Show it us; Hugues of Saxe…Gotha!
XIX。
What with affirming; denying;
Holding; risposting; subjoining;
All's like 。。。 it's like 。。。 for an instance I'm trying 。。。
There! See our roof; its gilt moulding and groining
Under those spider…webs lying!
XX。
So your fugue broadens and thickens;
Greatens and deepens and lengthens;
Till we exclaim…‘‘But where's music; the dickens?
‘‘Blot ye the gold; while your spider…web strengthens
‘‘…Blacked to the stoutest of tickens?''
XXI。
I for man's effort am zealous:
Prove me such censure unfounded!
Seems it surprising a lover grows jealous…
Hopes 'twas for something; his organ…pipes sounded;
Tiring three boys at the bellows?
XXII。
Is it your moral of Life?
Such a web; simple and subtle;
Weave we on earth here in impotent strife;
Backward and forward each throwing his shuttle;
Death ending all with a knife?
XXIII。
Over our heads truth and nature…
Still our life's zigzags and dodges;
Ins and outs; weaving a new legislature…
God's gold just shining its last where that lodges;
Palled beneath man's usurpature。
XXIV。
So we o'ershroud stars and roses;
Cherub and trophy and garland;
Nothings grow something which quietly closes
Heaven's earnest eye: not a glimpse of the far land
Gets through our comments and glozes。
XXV。
Ah but traditions; inventions;
(Say we and make up a visage)
So many men with such various intentions;
Down the past ages; must know more than this age!
Leave we the web its dimensions!
XXVI。
Who thinks Hugues wrote for the deaf;
Proved a mere mountain in labour?
Better submit; try again; what's the clef?
'Faith; 'tis no trifle for pipe and for tabor…
Four flats; the minor in F。
XXVII。
Friend; your fugue taxes the finger
Learning it once; who would lose it?
Yet all the while a misgiving will linger;
Truth's golden o'er us although we refuse it…
Nature; thro' cobwebs we string her。
XXVIII。
Hugues! I advise _Me Pn_
(Counterpoint glares like a Gorgon)
Bid One; Two; Three; Four; Five; clear the arena!
Say the word; straight I unstop the full…organ;
Blare out the _mode Palestrina。_
XXIX。
While in the roof; if I'm right there;
。。。 Lo you; the wick in the socket!
Hallo; you sacristan; show us a light there!
Down it dips; gone like a rocket。
What; you want; do you; to come unawares;
Sweeping the church up for first morning…prayers;
And find a poor devil has ended his cares
At the foot of your rotten…runged rat…riddled stairs?
Do I carry the moon in my pocket?
* 1 A fugue is a short melody。
* 2 Keyboard of organ。
* 3 A note in music。
* 4 The daughters of Danaus; condemned to pour water
* into a sieve。
* 5 The Spanish casuist; so severely mauled by Pascal。
* 6 A quick return in fencing。
* 7 A closely woven fabric。
* 8 _Giovanni P。 da Palestrina_; celebrated musician (1524…1594)。
'End。'
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