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attend you and forget us when we go。;
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Archibald's Example
Old Archibald�察�in his eternal chair�察�Where trespassers�察�whatever their
degree�察�Were soon frowned out again�察�was looking off Across the clover
when he said to me�此�
;My green hill yonder�察 �where the sun goes down Without a scratch�察�
was once inhabited By trees that injured him an evil trash That made a
cage�察�and held him while he bled。
;Gone fifty years�察�I see them as they were Before they fell。 They were
a crooked lot To spoil my sunset�察 �and I saw no time In fifty years for
crooked things to rot。
;Trees�察�yes�察�but not a service or a joy To God or man�察�for they were
thieves of light。 So down they came。 Nature and I looked on�察�And we were
glad when they were out of sight。
;Trees are like men�察�sometimes�察�and that being so�察�So much for that。;
He twinkled in his chair�察�And looked across the clover to the place That he
remembered when the trees were there。
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London Bridge
;Do I hear them�拭�Yes�察 �I hear the children singing and what of it�拭�
Have you come with eyes afire to find me now and ask me that�拭�If I were
not their father and if you were not their mother�察�We might believe they
made a noise。 。 。 。 What are you driving at� ─�
;Well�察�be glad that you can hear them�察�and be glad they are so near us�察�
For I have heard the stars of heaven�察 �and they were nearer still。 All
within an hour it is that I have heard them calling�察�And though I pray for
them to cease�察�I know they never will�察�For their music on my heart�察�though
you may freeze it�察 �will fall always�察 �Like summer snow that never melts
upon a mountain´top。 Do you hear them�拭�Do you hear them overhead
the children singing�拭�Do you hear the children singing�拭 � 。 。 God�察�will
you make them stop� ─�
;And what now in his holy name have you to do with mountains�拭�
We're back to town again�察 �my dear�察 �and we've a dance tonight。 Frozen
hearts and falling music�拭 �Snow and stars�察 �and what the devil� �Say it
over to me slowly�察�and be sure you have it right。;
;God knows if I be right or wrong in saying what I tell you�察�Or if I
know the meaning any more of what I say。 All I know is�察�it will kill me if I
try to keep it hidden Well�察�I met him。 。 。 。 Yes�察�I met him�察�and I talked
with him today。;
;You met him�拭�Did you meet the ghost of someone you had poisoned�察�
Long ago�察�before I knew you for the woman that you are�拭�Take a chair�察�
and don't begin your stories always in the middle。 Was he man�察�or was he
demon�拭�Anyhow�察�you've gone too far To go back�察�and I'm your servant。
I'm the lord�察�but you're the master。 Now go on with what you know�察�for I'm
excited。;
;Do you mean Do you mean to make me try to think that you know
less than I do�拭─�
;I know that you foreshadow the beginning of a scene。 Pray be careful�察�
and as accurate as if the doors of heaven Were to swing or to stay bolted
from now on for evermore。;
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;Do you conceive�察�with all your smooth contempt of every feeling�察�Of
hiding what you know and what you must have known before�拭�Is it worth
a woman's torture to stand here and have you smiling�察�With only your poor
fetish of possession on your side�拭 �No thing but one is wholly sure�察 �and
that's not one to scare me�察�When I meet it I may say to God at last that I
have tried。 And yet�察 �for all I know�察 �or all I dare believe�察 �my trials
Henceforward will be more for you to bear than are your own�察�And you
must give me keys of yours to rooms I have not entered。 Do you see me on
your threshold all my life�察�and there alone�拭�Will you tell me where you see
me in your fancy when it leads you Far enough beyond the moment for
a glance at the abyss�拭─�
;Will you tell me what intrinsic and amazing sort of nonsense You are
crowding on the patience of the man who gives you this�拭�Look around
you and be sorry you're not living in an attic�察�With a civet and a fish´net�察�
and with you to pay the rent。 I say words that you can spell without the use
of all your letters�察�And I grant�察�if you insist�察�that I've a guess at what you
meant。;
;Have I told you�察�then�察�for nothing�察�that I met him�拭�Are you trying To
be merry while you try to make me hate you�拭─�
;Think again�察�My dear�察�before you tell me�察�in a language unbecoming
To a lady�察�what you plan to tell me next。 If I complain�察�If I seem an atom
peevish at the preference you mention Or imply�察 �to be precise you
may believe�察 �or you may not�察 �That I'm a trifle more aware of what he
wants than you are。 But I shouldn't throw that at you。 Make believe that I
forgot。 Make believe that he's a genius�察�if you like�察 �but in the meantime
Don't go back to rocking´horses。 There�察�there�察�there�察�now。;
;Make believe� �When you see me standing helpless on a plank above
a whirlpool�察�Do I drown�察�or do I hear you when you say it�拭�Make believe�拭�
How much more am I to say or do for you before I tell you That I met him� �
What's to follow now may be for you to choose。 Do you hear me�拭�Won't
you listen�拭�It's an easy thing to listen。 。 。 。;
;And it's easy to be crazy when there's everything to lose。;
;If at last you have a notion that I mean what I am saying�察�Do I seem
to tell you nothing when I tell you I shall try�拭�If you save me�察�and I lose
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him I don't know it won't much matter。 I dare say that I've lied enough�察�
but now I do not lie。;
;Do you fancy me the one man who has waited and said nothing While
a wife has dragged an old infatuation from a tomb�拭�Give the thing a little
air and it will vanish into ashes。 There you are piff� �presto� ─�
;When I came into this room�察�It seemed as if I saw the place�察�and you
there at your table�察�As you are now at this moment�察�for the last time in my
life�察�And I told myself before I came to find you�察 �I shall tell him�察�If I can�察�
what I have learned of him since I became his wife。' And if you say�察�as I've
no doubt you will before I finish�察�That you have tried unceasingly�察�with all
your might and main�察�To teach me�察�knowing more than I of what it was I
needed�察�Don't think�察�with all you may have thought�察�that you have tried in
vain�察 �For you have taught me more than hides in all the shelves of
knowledge Of how little you found that's in me and was in me all along。 I
believed�察�if I intruded nothing on you that I cared for�察�I'd be half as much
as horses�察 �and it seems that I was wrong�察�I believed there was enough of
earth in me�察 �with all my nonsense Over things that made you sleepy�察 �to
keep something still awake�察�But you taught me soon to read my book�察�and
God knows I have read it Ages longer than an angel would have read it
for your sake。 I have said that you must open other doors than I have
entered�察�But I wondered while I said it if I might not be obscure。 Is there
anything in all your pedigrees and inventories With a value more elusive
than a dollar's�拭�Are you sure That if I starve another year for you I shall be
stronger To endure another like it and another till I'm dead�拭─�
;Has your tame cat sold a picture�拭 �or more likely had a windfall�拭�Or
for God's sake�察�what's broke loose�拭�Have you a bee´hive in your head�拭�A
little more of this from you will not be easy hearing。 Do you know that�拭�
Understand it�察 �if you do�察 �for if you won't。 。 。 。 What the devil are you
saying� �Make believe you never said it�察�And I'll say I never heard it。 。 。 。
Oh�察�you。 。 。 。 If you。 。 。 。;
;If I don't�拭─�
;There are men who say there's reason hidden somewhere in a woman�察�
But I doubt if God himself remembers where the key was hung。;
;He may not�察�for they say that even God himself is growing。 I wonder
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if he makes believe that he is growing young�察 �I wonder if he makes
believe that women who are giving All they have in holy loathing to a
stranger all their lives Are the wise ones who build houses in the
Bible。 。 。 。;
;Stop you devil� ─�
;。 。 。 Or that souls are any whiter when their bodies are called wives。 If
a dollar's worth of gold will hoop the walls of hell together�察 �Why need
heaven be such a ruin of a place that never was�拭�And if at last I lied my
starving soul away to nothing�察�Are you sure you might not miss it�拭�Have
you come to such a pass That you would have me longer in your arms if
you discovered That I made you into someone else。 。 。 。 Oh� � 。 。 Well�察�there
are worse ways。 But why aim it at my feet unless you fear you may be
sorry。 。 。 。 There are many days ahead of you。;
;I do not see those days。;
;I can see them。 Granted even I am wrong�察�there are the children。 And
are they to praise their father for
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