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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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