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the golden stair�察�And I hope you'll be gentle enough to keep A room in
your house for me。
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In Memory
I
Serene and beautiful and very wise�察 �Most erudite in curious Grecian
lore�察 �You lay and read your learned books�察�and bore A weight of unshed
tears and silent sighs。 The song within your heart could never rise Until
love bade it spread its wings and soar。 Nor could you look on Beauty's
face before A poet's burning mouth had touched your eyes。
Love is made out of ecstasy and wonder�察�Love is a poignant and
accustomed pain。 It is a burst of Heaven´shaking thunder�察 �It is a linnet's
fluting after rain。 Love's voice is through your song�察 �above and under
And in each note to echo and remain。
II
Because Mankind is glad and brave and young�察 �Full of gay flames
that white and scarlet glow�察�All joys and passions that Mankind may
know By you were nobly felt and nobly sung。 Because Mankind's heart
every day is wrung By Fate's wild hands that twist and tear it so�察�
Therefore you echoed Man's undying woe�察 �A harp Aeolian on Life's
branches hung。
So did the ghosts of toiling children hover About the piteous portals
of your mind�察�Your eyes�察�that looked on glory�察�could discover The angry
scar to which the world was blind�此�And it was grief that made Mankind
your lover�察 �And it was grief that made you love Mankind。
III
Before Christ left the Citadel of Light�察 �To tread the dreadful way of
human birth�察 �His shadow sometimes fell upon the earth And those who
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saw it wept with joy and fright。 ;Thou art Apollo�察 �than the sun more
bright� ─ �They cried。 ;Our music is of little worth�察 �But thrill our blood
with thy creative mirth Thou god of song�察�thou lord of lyric might� ─�
O singing pilgrim� �who could love and follow Your lover Christ�察�
through even love's despair�察�You knew within the cypress´darkened hollow
The feet that on the mountain are so fair。 For it was Christ that was your
own Apollo�察 �And thorns were in the laurel on your hair。
Apology
��For Eleanor Rogers Cox��
For blows on the fort of evil That never shows a breach�察�For terrible
life´long races To a goal no foot can reach�察 �For reckless leaps into
darkness With hands outstretched to a star�察�There is jubilation in Heaven
Where the great dead poets are。
There is joy over disappointment And delight in hopes that were vain。
Each poet is glad there was no cure To stop his lonely pain。 For nothing
keeps a poet In his high singing mood Like unappeasable hunger For
unattainable food。
So fools are glad of the folly That made them weep and sing�察�And
Keats is thankful for Fanny Brawne And Drummond for his king。 They
know that on flinty sorrow And failure and desire The steel of their souls
was hammered To bring forth the lyric fire。
Lord Byron and Shelley and Plunkett�察 �McDonough and Hunt and
Pearse See now why their hatred of tyrants Was so insistently fierce。 Is
Freedom only a Will´o'´the´wisp To cheat a poet's eye�拭�Be it phantom or
fact�察�it's a noble cause In which to sing and to die� �
So not for the Rainbow taken And the magical White Bird snared
The poets sing grateful carols In the place to which they have fared�察�But
for their lifetime's passion�察 �The quest that was fruitless and long�察�They
chorus their loud thanksgiving To the thorn´crowned Master of Song。
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The Proud Poet
��For Shaemas O Sheel��
One winter night a Devil came and sat upon my bed�察 �His eyes were
full of laughter for his heart was full of crime。 ;Why don't you take up
fancy work�察�or embroidery�拭─�he said�察 �For a needle is as manly a tool as
a pen that makes a rhyme� ─ �You little ugly Devil�察─�said I�察 �go back to Hell
For the idea you express I will not listen to�此�I have trouble enough with
poetry and poverty as well�察 �Without having to pay attention to orators
like you。
;When you say of the making of ballads and songs that it is woman's
work You forget all the fighting poets that have been in every land。
There was Byron who left all his lady´loves to fight against the Turk�察�
And David�察�the Singing King of the Jews�察 �who was born with a sword
in his hand。 It was yesterday that Rupert Brooke went out to the Wars and
died�察 �And Sir Philip Sidney's lyric voice was as sweet as his arm was
strong�察�And Sir Walter Raleigh met the axe as a lover meets his bride�察�
Because he carried in his soul the courage of his song。
;And there is no consolation so quickening to the heart As the
warmth and whiteness that come from the lines of noble poetry。 It is strong
joy to read it when the wounds of the spirit smart�察 �It puts the flame in a
lonely breast where only ashes be。 It is strong joy to read it�察�and to make it
is a thing That exalts a man with a sacreder pride than any pride on earth。
For it makes him kneel to a broken slave and set his foot on a king�察 �And
it shakes the walls of his little soul with the echo of God's mirth。
;There was the poet Homer had the sorrow to be blind�察 �Yet a
hundred people with good eyes would listen to him all night�察�For they took
great enjoyment in the heaven of his mind�察 �And were glad when the old
blind poet let them share his powers of sight。 And there was Heine lying
on his mattress all day long�察 �He had no wealth�察�he had no friends�察�he had
no joy at all�察�Except to pour his sorrow into little cups of song�察 �And the
world finds in them the magic wine that his broken heart let fall。
;And these are only a couple of names from a list of a thousand score
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Who have put their glory on the world in poverty and pain。 And the title of
poet's a noble thing�察�worth living and dying for�察 �Though all the devils on
earth and in Hell spit at me their disdain。 It is stern work�察 �it is perilous
work�察�to thrust your hand in the sun And pull out a spark of immortal
flame to warm the hearts of men�此�But Prometheus�察�torn by the claws and
beaks whose task is never done�察 �Would be tortured another eternity to go
stealing fire again。;
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Lionel Johnson
��For the Rev。 John J。 Burke�察�C。 S。 P。��
There was a murkier tinge in London's air As if the honest fog
blushed black for shame。 Fools sang of sin�察�for other fools' acclaim�察�And
Milton's wreath was tossed to Baudelaire。 The flowers of evil blossomed
everywhere�察 �But in their midst a radiant lily came Candescent�察�pure�察�a
cup of living flame�察�Bloomed for a day�察�and left the earth more fair。
And was it Charles�察 �thy ;fair and fatal King;�察 �Who bade thee
welcome to the lovely land�拭 �Or did Lord David cease to harp and sing
To take in his thine emulative hand�拭�Or did Our Lady's smile shine forth�察�
to bring Her lyric Knight within her choir to stand�拭�
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Father Gerard Hopkins�察�S。 J。
Why didst thou carve thy speech laboriously�察 �And match and blend
thy words with curious art�拭 �For Song�察 �one saith�察 �is but a human heart
Speaking aloud�察�undisciplined and free。 Nay�察�God be praised�察�Who fixed
thy task for thee� �Austere�察�ecstatic craftsman�察�set apart From all who
traffic in Apollo's mart�察�On thy phrased paten shall the Splendour be� �
Now�察�carelessly we throw a rhyme to God�察 �Singing His praise when
other songs are done。 But thou�察�who knewest paths Teresa trod�察 �Losing
thyself�察�what is it thou hast won�拭�O bleeding feet�察�with peace and glory
shod� �O happy moth�察�that flew into the Sun� �
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Gates and Doors
��For Richardson Little Wright��
There was a gentle hostler ��And blessed be his name�。� He opened up
the stable The night Our Lady came。 Our Lady and Saint Joseph�察 �He
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