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hold�拭  �If   so�察  �you   needn't   crown   yourself   at   once   With   epic   laurel   if   you 

seem to fill it。 Horrors�察�I say�察�for in the fires and forks Of a new hell  if 

one were not enough  I doubt if a new horror would have held him With 

a malignant ingenuity More to be feared than his before he died。 You smile�察�

as if in doubt。 Well�察�smile again。 Now come into his house�察�along with me�此�

The four square sombre things that you see first Around you are four walls 

that go as high As to the ceiling。 Norcross knew them well�察�And he knew 

others   like   them。   Fasten   to   that   With   all   the   claws   of   your   intelligence�察�

And hold the man before you in his house As if he were a white rat in a 

box�察�And   one   that knew   himself   to   be no   other。   I   tell   you   twice   that   he 

knew all about it�察�That you may not forget the worst of all Our tragedies 

begin with what we know。 Could Norcross only not have known�察�I wonder 

How   many  would   have blessed   and   envied   him�   �Could he   have had   the 

usual eye for spots On others�察�and for none upon himself�察�I smile to ponder 

on the carriages That might as well as not have clogged the town In honor 

of his end。 For there was gold�察�You see�察�though all he needed was a little�察�

And what he gave said nothing of who gave it。 He would have given it all 

if   in   return   There   might   have   been   a   more   sufficient   face   To   greet   him 

when   he   shaved。   Though   you   insist   It   is   the   dower�察  �and   always�察  �of   our 

degree Not to be cursed with such invidious insight�察�Remember that you 

stand�察�you and your fancy�察�Now in his house�察�and since we are together�察�

See for yourself and tell me what you see。 Tell me the best you see。 Make 



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a slight noise Of recognition when you find a book That you would not as 

lief read upside down As otherwise�察�for example。 If there you fail�察�Observe 

the walls and lead me to the place�察�Where you are led。 If there you meet a 

picture That holds you near it for a longer time Than you are sorry�察�you 

may call it   yours�察�And hang it in the dark of   your remembrance�察�Where 

Norcross never sees。 How can he see That has no eyes to see�拭�And as for 

music�察�He paid with empty wonder for the pangs Of his infrequent forced 

endurance of it�察�And having had no pleasure�察�paid no more For needless 

immolation�察�or for the sight Of those who heard what he was never to hear。 

To see them listening was itself enough To make him suffer�察�and to watch 

worn eyes�察�On other days�察�of strangers who forgot Their sorrows and their 

failures and themselves Before a few mysterious odds and ends Of marble 

carted from the Parthenon  And all for seeing what he was never to see�察�

Because it was alive and he was dead  Here was a wonder that was more 

profound Than any that was in fiddles and brass horns。 

     ;He knew�察�and in his knowledge there was death。 He knew there was a 

region all around him That lay outside man's havoc and affairs�察�And yet 

was   not   all   hostile   to   their   tumult�察 �Where   poets   would   have   served   and 

honored him�察�And saved him�察�had there been anything to save。 But there 

was nothing�察�and his tethered range Was only a small desert。 Kings of song 

Are not for thrones in deserts。 Towers of sound And flowers of sense are 

but a waste of heaven Where there is none to know them from the rocks 

And sand´grass of his own monotony That makes earth less than earth。 He 

could   see   that�察�And   he   could   see   no   more。 The   captured   light That   may 

have been or not�察�for all he cared�察�The song that is in sculpture was not his�察�

But   only�察  �to   his   God´forgotten   eyes�察  �One   more   immortal   nonsense   in   a 

world Where all was mortal�察�or had best be so�察�And so be done with。 `Art��' 

he would have said�察 �Is not life�察�and must therefore be a lie��' And with a 

few profundities like that He would have controverted and dismissed The 

benefit   of   the   Greeks。   He   had   heard   of   them�察  �As   he   had   heard   of   his 

aspiring soul  Never to the perceptible advantage�察�In his esteem�察�of either。 

`Faith��' he said�察�Or would have said if he had thought of it�察 �Lives in the 

same house with Philosophy�察�Where the two feed on scraps and are forlorn 

As orphans after war。 He could see stars�察�On a clear night�察�but he had not 



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an eye To see beyond them。 He could hear spoken words�察�But had no ear 

for silence when alone。 He could eat food of which he knew the savor�察�But 

had    no   palate   for  the  Bread    of  Life�察  �That   human     desperation�察   �to  his 

thinking�察�Made famous long ago�察�having no other。 Now do you see�拭�Do 

you begin to see�拭─�

     I told him that I did begin to see�察�And I was nearer than I should have 

been To laughing at his malign inclusiveness�察�When I considered that�察�with 

all our speed�察�We are not laughing yet at funerals。 I see him now as I could 

see him then�察�And I see now that it was good for me�察�As it was good for 

him�察�that I was quiet�察�For Time's eye was on Ferguson�察�and the shaft Of its 

inquiring   hesitancy   had   touched   him�察  �Or   so   I   chose   to   fancy   more   than 

once Before he told of Norcross。 When the word Of his release ��he would 

have called it so�� Made half an inch of news�察�there were no tears That are 

recorded。 Women there may have been To wish him back�察�though I should 

say�察  �not   knowing�察�The   few   there   were   to   mourn   were   not   for   love�察�And 

were not lovely。 Nothing of them�察�at least�察�Was in the meagre legend that I 

gathered Years after�察�when a chance of travel took me So near the region 

of his nativity That a few miles of leisure brought me there�察�For there I 

found   a   friendly  citizen   Who   led   me   to   his   house   among   the   trees   That 

were above a railroad and a river。 Square as a box and chillier than a tomb 

It   was   indeed�察  �to   look   at   or   to   live   in     All   which   had  I   been   told。 

;Ferguson died�察─�The stranger said�察 �and then there was an auction。 I live 

here�察�but I've never yet been warm。 Remember him�拭�Yes�察�I remember him。 

I knew him  as a man may know a tree  For twenty years。 He may have 

held himself A little high when he was here�察�but now 。 。 。 Yes�察�I remember 

Ferguson。 Oh�察�yes。; Others�察�I found�察�remembered Ferguson�察�But none of 

them had heard of Tasker Norcross。 



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                       A Song at Shannon's 



     Two   men   came   out   of   Shannon's   having   known   The   faces   of   each 

other for as long As they had listened there to an old song�察�Sung thinly in a 

wastrel monotone By some unhappy night´bird�察�who had flown Too many 

times   and   with   a   wing   too   strong   To   save   himself�察  �and   so   done   heavy 

wrong To more frail elements than his alone。 

     Slowly   away   they   went�察  �leaving   behind   More   light   than   was   before 

them。   Neither   met   The   other's   eyes   again   or   said   a   word。   Each   to   his 

loneliness or to his kind�察�Went his own way�察�and with his own regret�察�Not 

knowing what the other may have heard。 



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                                   Souvenir 



    A vanished house that for an hour I knew By some forgotten chance 

when     I  was  young    Had   once   a  glimmering     window     overhung    With 

honeysuckle wet with evening dew。 Along the path tall dusky dahlias grew�察�

And shadowy hydrangeas reached and swung Ferociously�察�and over me�察�

among The moths and mysteries�察�a blurred bat flew。 

    Somewhere within there were dim presences Of days that hovered and 

of   years  gone   by。  I   waited�察 �and  between   their  silences   There  was   an 

evanescent faded noise�察�And though a child�察�I knew it was the voice Of 

one whose occupation was to die。 



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                                  Discovery 



    We   told   of him  as   one  who   should   have   soared And   seen   for  us   the 

devastating light Whereof there is not either day or night�察�And shared with 

us the glamour of the Word That fell once upon Amos to record For men at 

ease in Zion�察�when the sight Of ills obscured aggrieved him and the might 

Of Hamath was a warning of the Lord。 

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