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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 

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