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Tinkle homeward thro' the twilight; stray or stop



    As they crop…



Was the site once of a city great and gay;



    (So they say)



Of our country's very capital; its prince



    Ages since



Held his court in; gathered councils; wielding far



    Peace or war。







II。







Now;…the country does not even boast a tree;



    As you see;



To distinguish slopes of verdure; certain rills



    From the hills



Intersect and give a name to; (else they run



    Into one)



Where the domed and daring palace shot its  spires



    Up like fires



O'er the hundred…gated circuit of a wall



    Bounding all;



Made of marble; men might march on nor be  pressed;



    Twelve abreast。







III。







And such plenty and perfection; see; of grass



    Never was!



Such a carpet as; this summer…time; o'erspreads



    And embeds



Every vestige of the city; guessed alone;



    Stock or stone…



Where a multitude of men breathed joy and woe



    Long ago;



Lust of glory pricked their hearts up; dread of shame



    Struck them tame;



And that glory and that shame alike; the gold



    Bought and sold。







IV。







Now;…the single little turret that remains



    On the plains;



By the caper overrooted; by the gourd



    Overscored;



While the patching houseleek's head of blossom winks



    Through the chinks…



Marks the basement whence a tower in ancient time



    Sprang sublime;



And a burning ring; all round; the chariots traced



    As they raced;



And the monarch and his minions and his  dames



    Viewed the games。







V。







And I know; while thus the quiet…coloured eve



    Smiles to leave



To their folding; all our many…tinkling fleece



    In such peace;



And the slopes and rills in undistinguished grey



    Melt away…



That a girl with eager eyes and yellow hair



    Waits me there



In the turret whence the charioteers caught soul



    For the goal;



When the king looked; where she looks now; breathless; dumb



    Till I come。







VI。







But he looked upon the city; every side;



    Far and wide;



All the mountains topped with temples; all the glades'



    Colonnades;



All the causeys; bridges; aqueducts;…and then;



    All the men!



When I do come; she will speak not; she will stand;



    Either hand



On my shoulder; give her eyes the first embrace



    Of my face;



Ere we rush; ere we extinguish sight and  speech



    Each on each。







VII。







In one year they sent a million fighters forth



    South and North;



And they built their gods a brazen pillar high



    As the sky;



Yet reserved a thousand chariots in full force…



    Gold; of course。



Oh heart! oh blood that freezes; blood that burns!



    Earth's returns



For whole centuries of folly; noise and sin!



    Shut them in;



With their triumphs and their glories and the rest!



    Love is best。















A LOVERS' QUARREL。







I。







 Oh; what a dawn of day!



 How the March sun feels like May!



     All is blue again



     After last night's rain;



 And the South dries the hawthorn…spray。



     Only; my Love's away!



 I'd as lief that the blue were grey;







II。







Runnels; which rillets swell;



Must be dancing down the dell;



    With a foaming head



    On the beryl bed



Paven smooth as a hermit's cell;



    Each with a tale to tell;



Could my Love but attend as well。







III。







Dearest; three months ago!



When we lived blocked…up with snow;…



    When the wind would edge



    In and in his wedge;



In; as far as the point could go…



    Not to our ingle; though;



Where we loved each the other so!







IV。







Laughs with so little cause!



We devised games out of straws。



    We would try and trace



    One another's face



In the ash; as an artist draws;



    Free on each other's flaws;



How we chattered like two church daws!







V。







What's in the ‘Times''?…a scold



At the Emperor deep and cold;



    He has taken a bride



    To his gruesome side;



That's as fair as himself is bold:



    There they sit ermine…stoled;



And she powders her hair with gold。







VI。







Fancy the Pampas' sheen!



Miles and miles of gold and green



    Where the sunflowers blow



    In a solid glow;



And…to break now and then the screen…



    Black neck and eyeballs keen;



Up a wild horse leaps between!







VII。







Try; will our table turn?



Lay your hands there light; and yearn



    Till the yearning slips



    Thro' the finger…tips



In a fire which a few discern;



    And a very few feel burn;



And the rest; they may live and learn!







VIII。







Then we would up and pace;



For a change; about the place;



    Each with arm o'er neck:



    'Tis our quarter…deck;



We are seamen in woeful case。



    Help in the ocean…space!



Or; if no help; we'll embrace。







IX。







See; how she looks now; dressed



In a sledging…cap and vest!



    'Tis a huge fur cloak…



    Like a reindeer's yoke



Falls the lappet along the breast:



    Sleeves for her arms to rest;



Or to hang; as my Love likes best。







X。







Teach me to flirt a fan



As the Spanish ladies can;



    Or I tint your lip



    With a burnt stick's tip



And you turn into such a man!



    Just the two spots that span



Half the bill of the young male swan。







XI。







Dearest; three months ago



When the mesmerizer Snow



    With his hand's first sweep



    Put the earth to sleep:



'Twas a time when the heart could show



All…how was earth to know;



    'Neath the mute hand's to…and…fro?







XII。







Dearest; three months ago



When we loved each other so;



    Lived and loved the same



    Till an evening came



When a shaft from the devil's bow



    Pierced to our ingle…glow;



And the friends were friend and foe!







XIII。







Not from the heart beneath…



'Twas a bubble born of breath;



    Neither sneer nor vaunt;



    Nor reproach nor taunt。 



See a word; how it severeth!



    Oh; power of life and death



In the tongue; as the Preacher saith!







XIV。







Woman; and will you cast



For a word; quite off at last



    Me; your own; your You;…



    Since; as truth is true;



I was You all the happy past…



    Me do you leave aghast



With the memories We amassed?







XV。







Love; if you knew the light



That your soul casts in my sight;



    How I look to you



    For the pure and true



And the beauteous and the right;…



    Bear with a moment's spite



When a mere mote threats the white!







XVI。







What of a hasty word?



Is the fleshly heart not stirred



    By a worm's pin…prick



    Where its roots are quick?



See the eye; by a fly's foot blurred…



    Ear; when a straw is heard



Scratch the brain's coat of curd!







 XVII。







Foul be the world or fair



More or less; how can I care?



    'Tis the world the same



    For my praise or blame;



And endurance is easy there。



    Wrong in the one thing rare…



Oh; it is hard to bear!







XVIII。







Here's the spring back or close;



When the almond…blossom blows:



    We shall have the word



    In a minor third



There is none but the cuckoo knows:



    Heaps of the guelder…rose!



I must bear with it; I suppose。







XIX。







Could but November come;



Were the noisy birds struck dumb



    At the warning slash



    Of his driver's…lash…



I would laugh like the valiant Thumb



    Facing the castle glum



And the giant's fee…faw…fum!







XX。







Then; were the world well stripped



Of the gear wherein equipped



    We can stand apart;



    Heart dispense with heart



In the sun; with the flowers unnipped;…



    Oh; the world's hangings ripped;



We were both in a bare…walled crypt!







XXI。







Each in the crypt would cry



‘‘But one freezes here! and why? 



    ‘‘When a heart; as chill;



    ‘‘At my own would thrill



‘‘Back to life; and its fires out…fly?



    ‘‘Heart; shall we live or die?



‘‘The rest。 。 。 。 settle by…and…by!''







XXII。







So; she'd efface the score;



And forgive me as before。



    It is twelve o'clock:



    I shall hear her knock



In the worst of a storm's uproar;



    I shall pull her through the door;



I shall have her for evermore!















UP AT A VILLA…DOWN IN THE CITY。







(AS DISTINGUISHED BY AN ITALIAN PERSON OF QUALITY。)







I。







Had I but plenty of money; money enough and to spare;



The house for me; no doubt; were a house in the city…square;



Ah; such a life; such a life; as one leads at the window there!









II。







Something to see; by Bacchus; something to hear; at least!



There; the whole day long; one's life is a perfect feast;



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