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seem to hear you ask�察�are men to dance�察�When all men are musicians。 Tell 

me that�察�I hear you saying�察�and I'll tell you the name Of Samson's mother。 

But why shroud yourself Before the coffin comes�拭�For all you know�察�The 

tree that is to fall for your last house Is now a sapling。 You may have to 

wait So long as to be sorry�察�though I doubt it�察�For you are not at home in 

your new Eden Where chilly whispers of a likely frost Accumulate already 

in the air。 I think a touch of ermine�察�Hamilton�察�Would be for you in your 

autumnal mood A pleasant sort of warmth along the shoulders。 

    HAMILTON 

    If so it is you think�察�you may as well Give over thinking。 We are done 

with ermine。 What I fear most is not the multitude�察�But those who are to 

loop it with a string That has one end in France and one end here。 I'm not 

so fortified with observation That I could swear that more than half a score 

Among us who see lightning see that ruin Is not the work of thunder。 Since 

the world Was ordered�察�there was never a long pause For caution between 

doing and undoing。 

    BURR 

    Go     on�察 �sir�察 �my   attention   is  a  trap   Set  for   the  catching    of  all 

compliments   To   Monticello�察  �and   all   else   abroad   That   has   a   name   or   an 

identity。 

       HAMILTON 

    I leave to you the names  there are too many�察�Yet one there is to sift 

and hold apart�察�As now I see。 There comes at last a glimmer That is not 

always clouded�察�or too late。 But I was near and young�察�and had the reins 

To play with while he manned a team so raw That only God knows where 

the   end   had   been   Of   all   that   riding   without   Washington。   There   was   a 

nation in   the   man   who   passed   us�察  �If there   was   not   a   world。   I   may   have 



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driven Since then some restive horses�察�and alone�察�And through a splashing 

of abundant mud�察�But he who made the dust that sets you on To coughing�察�

made the road。 Now it seems dry�察�And in a measure safe。 

       BURR 

       Here's a new tune From Hamilton。 Has your caution all at once�察�And 

over night�察�grown till it wrecks the cradle�拭�I have forgotten what my father 

said When   I   was born�察 �but there's a   rustling   of it Among   my   memories�察�

and   it   makes   a   noise About   as   loud   as   all   that   I  have   held And   fondled 

heretofore   of   your   same   caution。   But   that's   affairs�察  �not   feelings。   If   our 

friends   Guessed   half   we   say   of   them�察  �our   enemies   Would   itch   in   our 

friends' jackets。 Howsoever�察�The world is of a sudden on its head�察�And all 

are spilled  unless you cling alone With Washington。 Ask Adams about 

that。 

       HAMILTON 

     We'll   not   ask   Adams   about   anything。   We   fish   for   lizards   when   we 

choose to ask For what we know already is not coming�察�And we must eat 

the   answer。   Where's   the   use   Of   asking   when   this   man   says   everything�察�

With all his tongues of silence�拭�

       BURR 

       I dare say。 I dare say�察�but I won't。 One of those tongues I'll borrow for 

the   nonce。    He'll   never   miss   it。  We   mean    his  Western     Majesty�察   �King 

George。 

       HAMILTON 

     I mean the man who rode by on his horse。 I'll beg of you the meed of 

your indulgence If I should say this planet may have done A deal of weary 

whirling when at last�察�If ever�察�Time shall aggregate again A majesty like 

his that has no name。 

       BURR 

     Then you concede his Majesty�拭�That's good�察�And what of yours�拭�Here 

are    two   majesties。    Favor    the   Left   a   little�察 �Hamilton�察   �Or   you'll   be 

floundering   in   the  ditch   that   waits   For  riders  who   forget   where  they  are 

riding。   If   we   and   France�察  �as   you   anticipate�察  �Must   eat   each   other�察  �what 

Caesar�察�if not yourself�察�Do you see for the master of the feast�拭�There may 

be a place waiting on your head For laurel thick as Nero's。 You don't know。 



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I have not crossed your glory�察�though I might If I saw thrones at auction。 

       HAMILTON 

       Yes�察�you might。 If war is on the way�察�I shall be  here�察�And I've no 

vision of your distant heels。 

       BURR 

     I see that I shall take an inference To bed with me to´night to keep me 

warm。 I thank you�察�Hamilton�察�and I approve Your fealty to the aggregated 

greatness Of him you lean on while he leans on you。 

       HAMILTON 

     This easy phrasing is a game of yours That you may win to lose。 I beg 

your pardon�察�But you that have the sight will not employ The will to see 

with it。 If you did so�察�There might be fewer ditches dug for others In your 

perspective�察  �and   there   might   be   fewer   Contemporary   motes   of   prejudice 

Between   you   and   the   man   who   made   the   dust。   Call   him   a   genius   or   a 

gentleman�察�A prophet or a builder�察�or what not�察�But hold your disposition 

off   the   balance�察�And   weigh   him   in   the   light。   Once   ��I   believe   I   tell   you 

nothing new to your surmise�察�Or to the tongues of towns and villages�� I 

nourished with an adolescent fancy  Surely forgivable to you�察�my friend 

 An innocent and amiable conviction That I was�察�by the grace of honest 

fortune�察   �A   savior  at  his  elbow   through    the  war�察 �Where     I  might  have 

observed�察�more than I did�察�Patience and wholesome passion。 I was there�察�

And for such honor I gave nothing worse Than some advice at which he 

may   have   smiled。   I   must   have   given   a   modicum   besides�察  �Or   the   rough 

interval between those days And these would never have made for me my 

friends�察�Or enemies。 I should be something somewhere  I say not what  

but I should not be here If he had not been there。 Possibly�察�too�察�You might 

not  or that Quaker with his cane。 

       BURR 

    Possibly�察  �too�察  �I   should。   When   the   Almighty   Rides   a   white   horse�察  �I 

fancy we shall know it。 

       HAMILTON 

     It was a man�察�Burr�察�that was in my mind�察�No god�察�or ghost�察�or demon ´ 

´ only a man�此�A man whose occupation is the need Of those who would 

not feel it if it bit them�察�And one who shapes an age while he endures The 



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pin pricks of inferiorities�察�A cautious man�察�because he is but one�察�A lonely 

man�察�because he is a thousand。 No marvel you are slow to find in him The 

genius that is one spark or is nothing�此�His genius is a flame that he must 

hold So far above the common heads of men That they may view him only 

through the mist Of their defect�察�and wonder what he is。 It seems to me the 

mystery that is in him That makes him only more to me a man Than any 

other I have ever known。 

       BURR 

    I grant you that his worship is a man。 I'm not so much at home with 

mysteries�察�May be�察�as you  so leave him with his fire�此�God knows that I 

shall never put it out。 He has not made a cripple of himself In his pursuit 

of me�察�though I have heard His condescension honors me with parts。 Parts 

make a whole�察�if we've enough of them�察�And once I figured a sufficiency 

To   be   at   least   an   atom   in   the   annals   Of   your   republic。   But   I   must   have 

erred。 

       HAMILTON 

    You smile as if your spirit lived at ease With error。 I should not have 

named     it  so�察 �Failing  assent   from   you�察  �nor�察 �if  I  did�察 �Should  I  be  so 

complacent in my skill To comb the tangled language of the people As to 

be sure of anything in these days。 Put that much in account with modesty。 

       BURR 

    What in the name of Ahab�察�Hamilton�察�Have you�察�in the last region of 

your dreaming�察�To do with ;people;�拭�You may be the devil In your dead´ 

reckoning of what reefs and shoals Are waiting on the progress of our ship 

Unless you steer it�察�but you'll find it irksome Alone there in the stern�察�and 

some warm day There'll be an inland music in the rigging�察�And afterwards 

on deck。 I'm not affined Or favored overmuch at Monticello�察�But there's a 

mighty swarming of new bees About the premises�察�and all have wings。 If 

you   hear   something   buzzing   before   long�察  �Be   thoughtful   how   you   strike�察�

remembering also There was a fellow Naboth had a vineyard�察�And Ahab 

cut his hair off and went softly。 

       HAMILTON 

    I don't remember that he cut his hair off。 

       BURR 



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