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

Of Hamath was a warning of the Lord。 

    Assured somehow that he would make us wise�察�Our pleasure was to 

wait�察�and our surprise Was hard when we confessed the dry return Of his 

regret。 For we were still to learn That earth has not a school where we may 

go For wisdom�察�or for more than we may know。 



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                                    Firelight 



     Ten years together without yet a cloud�察�They seek each other's eyes at 

intervals Of gratefulness to firelight and four walls For love's obliteration 

of the crowd。 Serenely and perennially endowed And bowered as few may 

be�察  �their   joy   recalls   No   snake�察  �no   sword�察  �and   over   them   there   falls   The 

blessing of what neither says aloud。 

    Wiser for silence�察�they were not so glad Were she to read the graven 

tale of lines On the wan face of one somewhere alone�察�Nor were they more 

content could he have had Her thoughts a moment since of one who shines 

Apart�察�and would be hers if he had known。 



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                         The New Tenants 



    The day was here when it was his to know How fared the barriers he 

had    built  between   His   triumph   and   his  enemies   unseen�察  �For   them   to 

undermine and overthrow�察�And it was his no longer to forego The sight of 

them�察�insidious and serene�察�Where they were delving always and had been 

Left always to be vicious and to grow。 

    And there were the new tenants who had come�察�By doors that were left 

open unawares�察�Into his house�察�and were so much at home There now that 

he would hardly have to guess�察�By the slow guile of their vindictiveness�察�

What ultimate insolence would soon be theirs。 



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                                   Inferential 



     Although I saw before me there the face Of one whom I had honored 

among   men   The   least�察  �and   on   regarding   him   again Would   not   have   had 

him in another place�察�He fitted with an unfamiliar grace The coffin where I 

could   not   see   him   then   As   I   had   seen   him   and   appraised   him   when   I 

deemed him unessential to the race。 

     For there was more of him than what I saw。 And there was on me more 

than the old awe That is the common genius of the dead。 I might as well 

have heard him�此 �Never mind�察�If some of us were not so far behind�察�The 

rest of us were not so far ahead。; 



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                                     The Rat 



    As often as he let himself be seen We pitied him�察�or scorned him�察�or 

deplored The inscrutable profusion of the Lord Who shaped as one of us a 

thing so mean  Who made him human when he might have been A rat�察�

and   so   been   wholly   in   accord   With   any   other   creature   we   abhorred   As 

always useless and not always clean。 

    Now he is hiding all alone somewhere�察�And in a final hole not ready 

then�察�For now he is among those over there Who are not coming back to 

us   again。 And   we   who   do   the   fiction   of   our   share   Say   less   of   rats   and 

rather more of men。 



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                        Rahel to Varnhagen 



       Note。    Rahel Robert   and Varnhagen von   Ense   were   married�察 �after 

many protestations on her part�察�in 1814。 The marriage  so far as he was 

concerned�察�at any rate  appears to have been satisfactory。 



     Now you have read them all�察�or if not all�察�As many as in all conscience 

I   should   fancy To   be   enough。 There   are   no   more   of them     Or   none   to 

burn your sleep�察�or to bring dreams Of devils。 If these are not sufficient�察�

surely You are a strange young man。 I might live on Alone�察�and for another 

forty years�察�Or not quite forty�察 �are you happier now�拭 �Always to ask if 

there    prevailed   elsewhere     Another     like  yourself   that  would    have    held 

These aged hands as long as you have held them�察�Not once observing�察�for 

all I   can see�察  �How they  are   like   your   mother's。 Well�察  �you have   read   His 

letters now�察�and you have heard me say That in them are the cinders of a 

passion That was my life�察�and you have not yet broken Your way out of 

my house�察�out of my sight�察 �Into the street。 You are a strange young man。 

I know as much as that of you�察�for certain�察�And I'm already praying�察�for 

your sake�察�That you be not too strange。 Too much of that May lead you 

bye and   bye  through   gloomy lanes To   a sad wilderness�察 �where  one  may 

grope Alone�察�and always�察�or until he feels Ferocious and invisible animals 

That wait for men and eat them in the dark。 Why do you sit there on the 

floor so long�察�Smiling at me while I try to be solemn�拭�Do you not hear it 

said for your salvation�察�When I say truth�拭�Are you�察�at four and twenty�察�So 

little deceived in us that you interpret The humor of a woman to be noticed 

As her choice between you and Acheron�拭�Are you so unscathed yet as to 

infer That if a woman worries when a man�察�Or a man´child�察�has wet shoes 

on his feet She may as well commemorate with ashes The last eclipse of 

her tranquillity�拭�If you look up at me and blink again�察�I shall not have to 

make you tell me lies To know the letters you have not been reading。 I see 

now that I may have had for nothing A most unpleasant shivering in my 

conscience   When   I   laid   open   for   your   contemplation   The   wealth   of   my 

worn casket。 If I did�察�The fault was not yours wholly。 Search again This 

wreckage   we   may   call   for   sport   a   face�察�And   you   may   chance   upon   the 



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price of havoc That I have paid for a few sorry stones That shine and have 

no light  yet once were stars�察�And sparkled on a crown。 Little and weak 

They seem�察�and they are cold�察�I fear�察�for you。 But they that once were fire 

for me may not Be cold again for me until I die�察�And only God knows if 

they may be then。 There is a love that ceases to be love In being ourselves。 

How�察�then�察�are we to lose it�拭�You that are sure that you know everything 

There   is   to   know   of   love�察  �answer   me   that。   Well�拭   �   。   。 You   are   not   even 

interested。 

     Once on a far off time when I was young�察�I felt with your assurance�察�

and   all   through   me�察  �That   I   had   undergone   the   last   and   worst   Of   love's 

inventions。 There was a boy who brought The sun with him and woke me 

up with   it�察�And   that   was every  morning�察  �every night   I  tried to   dream  of 

him�察�but never could�察�More than I might have seen in Adam's eyes Their 

fond   uncertainty   when   Eve   began   The   play   that   all   her   tireless   progeny 

Are not yet weary of。 One scene of it Was brief�察�but was eternal while it 

lasted�察�And that was while I was the happiest Of an imaginary six or seven�察�

Somewhere in history but not on earth�察�For whom the sky had shaken and 

let stars Rain down like diamonds。 Then there were clouds�察�And a sad end 

of   diamonds�察     �whereupon      Despair    came�察   �like   a  blast  that  would     have 

brought Tears to the eyes of all the bears in Finland�察�And love was done。 

That was how much I knew。 Poor little wretch� �I wonder where he is This 

afternoon。 Out of this rain�察�I hope。 

     At last�察�when I had seen so many days Dressed all alike�察�and in their 

marching   order�察  �Go   by   me   that   I   would   not   always   count   them�察     �One 

stopped  shattering the whole file of Time�察�Or so it seemed�察�and when I 

looked again�察�There was a man。 He struck once with his eyes�察�And then 

there was a woman。 I�察�who had come To wisdom�察�or to vision�察�or what you 

like�察�By the old hidden road that has no name�察 �I�察�who was used to seeing 

without flying So much that others fly from without seeing�察�Still looked�察�

and was afraid�察�and looked again。 And after that�察�when I had read the story 

Told   in   his   eyes�察  �and   felt   within   my   heart   The   bleeding   wound   of   their 

necessity�察  �I   knew   the   fear   was   his。   If   I   had   failed   him And   flown   away 

from him�察�I should have lost Ingloriously my wings in scrambling back�察�

And found them arms again。 If he had struck me
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