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sweetness in every tree should be rudely painted with the blank blank�察�

not simplegeneralities of a vulgar hand。                Or as though one should take 

the pleasures of a day of happiness in a wholesale fashion�察�not ;turning the 

hours to moments�察─�which joy can do to the full as perfectly as pain。 

     The     foot�察  �with    its  articulations�察    �is  suppressed�察     �and    its  language 

confused。       When Lovelace likens the hand of Amarantha to a violin�察�and 

her glove to the case�察�he has at any rate a glove to deal with�察�not a boot。 

Yet   Amarantha's   foot   is   as   lovely   as   her   hand。      It�察  �too�察  �has   a   ;tender 

inward;�察�no wayfaring would ever make it look anything but delicate�察�its 

arch seems too slight to carry her through a night of dances�察�it does�察�in fact�察�

but balance her。        It is fit to cling to the ground�察�but rather for springing 

than for rest。 

     And�察    �doubtless�察    �for  man�察    �woman�察     �and   child   the   tender�察   �irregular�察�

sensitive�察�living foot�察�which does not even stand with all its little surface 

on the ground�察�and which makes no base to satisfy an architectural eye�察�is�察�

as   it   were�察  �the   unexpected   thing。    It   is   a   part   of   vital   design   and   has   a 

history�察�and man does not go erect but at a price of weariness and pain。 

How weak it is may be seen from a footprint�此                  �for nothing makes a more 

helpless and unsymmetrical sign than does a naked foot。 

     Tender�察  �too�察  �is   the   silence   of   human   feet。    You   have   but   to   pass   a 

season   amongst   the   barefooted   to   find   that   man�察  �who�察  �shod�察  �makes   so 

much ado�察�is naturally as silent as snow。                 Woman�察�who not only makes 

her   armed   heel   heard�察  �but   also   goes   rustling   like   a   shower�察  �is   naturally 

silent    as  snow。     The     vintager    is  not  heard    among      the  vines�察   �nor   the 

harvester     on   his   threshing´floor      of  stone。    There     is  a  kind   of   simple 

stealth in their coming and going�察�and they show sudden smiles and dark 

eyes in and out of the rows of harvest when you thought yourself alone。 



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The lack of   noise in their movement   sets free   the sound of their voices�察�

and their laughter floats。 

     But we shall not praise the ;simple�察�sweet; and ;earth´confiding feet; 

enough without thanks for the rule of verse and for the time of song。                         If 

Poetry was first divided by the march�察�and next varied by the dance�察�then 

to the rule of the foot are to be ascribed the thought�察�the instruction�察�and 

the dream that could not speak by prose。                 Out of that little physical law�察�

then�察�grew a spiritual law which is one of the greatest things we know�察�and 

from   the   test   of   the   foot   came   the   ultimate   test   of   the   thinker�此 �Is   it 

accepted of Song�拭─�

     The monastery�察�in like manner�察�holds its sons to little trivial rules of 

time and exactitude�察�not to be broken�察�laws that are made secure against 

the restlessness of the heart fretting for insignificant libertiestrivial laws 

to   restrain   from   a   trivial   freedom。    And   within   the   gate   of   these   laws 

which seem so small�察�lies the world of mystic virtue。                   They enclose�察�they 

imply�察�they lock�察�they answer for it。              Lesser virtues may flower in daily 

liberty   and   may   flourish   in   prose�察  �but   infinite   virtues   and   greatness   are 

compelled to the measure of poetry�察�and obey the constraint of an hourly 

convent bell。       It is no wonder that every poet worthy the name has had a 

passion   for   metre�察  �for   the   very  verse。    To   him  the  difficult   fetter   is   the 

condition of an interior range immeasurable。 



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             HAVE PATIENCE�察�LITTLE 

                                     SAINT 



     Some considerable time must have gone by since any kind of courtesy 

ceased�察�in England�察�to be held necessary in the course of communication 

with a beggar。      Feeling may be humane�察�and the interior act most gentle�察�

there   may   be   a   tacit   apology�察  �and   a   profound   misgiving   unexpressed�察  �a 

reluctance   not   only   to   refuse   but   to   be   arbiter�察  �a  dislike   of   the   office�察  �a 

regret�察�whether  for  the  unequal distribution   of social   luck or   for  a  purse 

left   at   home�察  �equally   sincere�察  �howbeit   custom   exacts   no   word   or   sign�察�

nothing whatever of intercourse。          If a dog or a cat accosts you�察�or a calf in 

a field comes close to you with a candid infant face and breathing nostrils 

of investigation�察�or if any kind of animal comes to you on some obscure 

impulse   of   friendly   approach�察  �you   acknowledge   it。      But   the   beggar   to 

whom you give nothing expects no answer to a question�察�no recognition of 

his presence�察�not so much as the turn of your eyelid in his direction�察�and 

never a word to excuse you。 

     Nor does this blank behaviour seem savage to those who are used to 

nothing else。     Yet it is somewhat more inhuman to refuse an answer to the 

beggar's   remark   than   to   leave   a   shop   without   ;Good   morning。;   When 

complaint is made of the modern social mannerthat it has no merit but 

what is negative�察�and that it is apt even to abstain from courtesy with more 

lack of grace than the abstinence absolutely requiresthe habit of manner 

towards beggars is probably not so much as thought of。                   To the simply 

human eye�察�however�察�the prevalent manner towards beggars is a striking 

thing�察�it is significant of so much。 

     Obviously it is not easy to reply to begging except by the intelligible 

act of giving。     We have not the ingenuous simplicity that marks the caste 

answering more or less to that of Vere de Vere�察�in Italy�察�for example。                An 

elderly   Italian   lady   on  her   slow   way   from    her  own    ancient   ancestral 

palazzo to the village�察�and accustomed to meet�察�empty´handed�察�a certain 

number   of   beggars�察  �answers   them   by   a   retort   which   would   be�察  �literally 



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translated�察 �Excuse me�察�dear�察�I�察�too�察�am a poor devil�察─�and the last word 

she naturally puts into the feminine。 

     Moreover�察  �the   sentence   is   spoken   in   all   the   familiarity   of   the   local 

dialecta   dialect   that   puts   any   two   people   at   once   upon   equal   terms   as 

nothing else can do it。           Would it were possible to present the phrase to 

English      readers    in  all  its  own     helpless    good´humour。         The     excellent 

woman   who   uses   it   is   practising   no   eccentricity   thereby�察  �and   raises   no 

smile。     It   is   only   in   another   climate�察  �and   amid   other   manners�察  �that   one 

cannot   recall   it   without   a   smile。     To   a   mind   having   a   lively   sense   of 

contrast      it  is  not    a   little  pleasant     to   imagine      an   elderly    lady    of 

corresponding   station   in   England   replying   so   to   importunities   for   alms�察�

albeit we have nothing answering to the good fellowship of a broad patois 

used currently by rich and poor�察�and yet slightly grotesque in the case of 

all speakersa dialect in which�察�for example�察�no sermon is ever preached�察�

and in which no book is ever printed�察�except for fun�察�a dialect ;familiar�察�

but by no means vulgar。;             Besides�察�even if our Englishwoman could by 

any possibility bring herself to say to a mendicant�察 �Excuse me�察�dear�察  �I�察�

too�察�am a poor devil�察─�she would still not have the opportunity of putting 

the   last   word   punctually   into   the   feminine�察  �which   does   so   complete   the 

character of the sentence。 

     The phrase at the head of this paper is the far more graceful phrase of 

excuse customary in the courteous manners of Portugal。                      And everywhere 

in   the   South�察  �where   an   almost   well´dressed   old   woman�察  �who   suddenly 

begins     to   beg   from     you   when     you    least   expected     it�察 �calls   you   ;my 

daughter�察─�you can hardly  reply without kindness。                     Where the tourist is 

thoroughly   well   known�察  �doubtless   the   company   of   beggars   are   used   to 

savage manners in the rich�察�but about the byways and remoter places there 

must still be some dismay at the anger�察�the silence�察�the indignation�察�and the 

inexpensive        haughtiness      wherewith       the  opportunity       of  alms´giving       is 

received by travellers。 

     In    nothing     do   we    show     how    far   the   West    is  from    the   East    so 

emphatically   as   we   show   it   by   our   lofty   ways   towards   those   who   so 

manifestly put themselves at our feet。                It is certainly not pleasant to see 

them   there�察  �but   silence   or   a   storm   of   impersonal   protesta   protest   that 



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appeals vaguely less to the beggars than to some not impossible police 

does not seem the most appropriate manner of rebuking them。                      We have�察�

it may be�察�a scruple on the point of human dignity�察�compromised by the 

entreaty and the thanks of the mendicant�察  �but we have   a strange way  of 

vindicating   that   dignity   when   we   refuse   to   man�察  �woma
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