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     Somehow I rather fancy that he did。 If so�察�it's in the Book�察�and if not so�察�

He did the rest�察�and did it handsomely。 

       HAMILTON 

     Commend   yourself   to       Ahab   and    his   ways  If   they   inveigle   you  to 

emulation�察�But where�察�if I may ask it�察�are you tending With your invidious 

wielding of the Scriptures�拭�You call to mind   an eminent archangel Who 

fell   to  make   him   famous。     Would   you    fall   So  far  as   he�察 �to   be  so  far 

remembered�拭�

       BURR 

     Before   I   fall   or   rise�察  �or   am   an   angel�察  �I   shall   acquaint   myself   a   little 

further With our new land's new language�察�which is not  Peace to your 

dreams      an   idiom   to   your   liking。   I'm   wondering   if   a   man   may   always 

know   How   old   a   man   may   be   at   thirty´seven�察  �I   wonder   likewise   if   a 

prettier time Could be decreed for a good man to vanish Than about now 

for you�察�before you fade�察�And even your friends are seeing that you have 

had   Your   cup   too   full   for   longer   mortal   triumph。   Well�察  �you   have   had 

enough�察�and had it young�察�And the old wine is nearer to the lees Than you 

are to the work that you are doing。 

       HAMILTON 

     When does this philological excursion Into new lands and languages 

begin�拭�

       BURR 

     Anon      that   is�察  �already。   Only   Fortune   Gave   me   this   afternoon   the 

benefaction Of your blue back�察�which I for love pursued�察�And in pursuing 

may   have   saved   your   life    Also   the   world   a   pounding   piece   of   news�此�

Hamilton   bites   the   dust   of   Washington�察  �Or   rather   of   his   horse。   For   you 

alone�察�Or for your fame�察�I'd wish it might have been so。 

       HAMILTON 

     Not every man among us has a friend So jealous for the other's fame。 

How long Are you to diagnose the doubtful case Of Demos  and what for�拭�

Have you a sword For some new Damocles�拭�If it's for me�察�I have lost all 

official   appetite�察  �And   shall   have   faded�察  �after   January�察  �Into   the   law。   I'm 

going to New York。 

       BURR 



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    No matter where you are�察�one of these days I shall come back to you 

and tell you something。 This Demos�察�I have heard�察�has in his wrist A pulse 

that no two doctors have as yet Counted and found the same�察�and in his 

mouth A tongue that has the like alacrity For saying or not for saying what 

most it   is That pullulates in his ignoble  mind。 One of   these days   I  shall 

appear again�察�To tell you more of him and his opinions�察�I shall not be so 

long    out  of  your   sight�察 �Or   take  myself    so  far�察 �that  I  may  not�察  �Like 

Alcibiades�察�come back again。 He went away to Phrygia�察�and fared ill。 

       HAMILTON 

     There's   an   example   in   Themistocles�此  �He   went   away   to   Persia�察  �and 

fared well。 

       BURR 

     So�拭�Must I go so far�拭�And if so�察�why so�拭�I had not planned it so。 Is this 

the road I take�拭�If so�察�farewell。 

       HAMILTON 

       Quite so。 Farewell。 



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                                 John Brown 



     Though for your sake I would not have you now So near to me tonight 

as   now   you   are�察  �God   knows   how   much   a   stranger   to   my  heart Was   any 

cold word that I may have written�察�And you�察�poor woman that I made my 

wife�察�You have had more of loneliness�察�I fear�察�Than I  though I have been 

the most alone�察�Even when the most attended。 So it was God set the mark 

of   his   inscrutable   Necessity   on   one   that   was   to   grope�察  �And   serve�察  �and 

suffer�察�and withal be glad For what was his�察�and is�察�and is to be�察�When his 

old bones�察�that are   a burden now�察�Are saying what the man who   carried 

them Had not the power to say。 Bones in a grave�察�Cover them as they will 

with choking earth�察�May shout the truth to men who put them there�察�More 

than all orators。 And so�察�my dear�察�Since you have cheated wisdom for the 

sake Of sorrow�察�let your sorrow be for you�察�This last of nights before the 

last of days�察�The lying ghost of what there is of me That is the most alive。 

There is no death For me in what they do。 Their death it is They should 

heed   most   when   the   sun   comes   again   To   make   them   solemn。   There   are 

some   I   know   Whose   eyes   will   hardly   see   their   occupation�察  �For   tears   in 

them  and all for one old man�察�For some of them will pity this old man�察�

Who took upon himself the work of God Because he pitied millions。 That 

will be For them�察�I fancy�察�their compassionate Best way of saying what is 

best in them To say�察�for they can say no more than that�察�And they can do 

no more than what the dawn Of one more day shall give them light enough 

To   do。  But   there   are   many  days   to   be�察�And there   are   many  men   to give 

their blood�察�As I gave mine for them。 May they come soon� �

     May they come soon�察�I say。 And when they come�察�May all that I have 

said unheard be heard�察�Proving at last�察�or maybe not  no matter  What 

sort of madness was the part of me That made me strike�察�whether I found 

the mark Or missed it。 Meanwhile�察�I've a strange content�察�A patience�察�and a 

vast indifference To what men say of me and what men fear To say。 There 

was a work to be begun�察�And when the Voice�察�that I have heard so long�察�

Announced as in a thousand silences An end of preparation�察�I began The 

coming work of death which is to be�察�That life may be。 There is no other 



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way Than the old way of war for a new land That will not know itself and 

is tonight A stranger to itself�察�and to the world A more prodigious upstart 

among states Than I was among men�察�and so shall be Till they are told and 

told�察�and told again�察�For men are children�察�waiting to be told�察�And most of 

them are children all their lives。 The good God in his wisdom had them so�察�

That   now   and   then   a   madman   or   a   seer   May   shake   them   out   of   their 

complacency And shame them into deeds。 The major file See only what 

their fathers may have seen�察�Or  may have said they saw when they saw 

nothing。  I   do   not   say  it   matters   what   they  saw。   Now   and   again   to   some 

lone soul or other God speaks�察�and there is hanging to be done�察 �As once 

there was a burning of our bodies Alive�察�albeit our souls were sorry fuel。 

But now the fires are few�察�and we are poised Accordingly�察�for the state's 

benefit�察�A  few   still   minutes   between   heaven   and   earth。   The   purpose   is�察�

when they have seen enough Of what it is that they are not to see�察�To pluck 

me as an unripe fruit of treason�察�And then to fling me back to the same 

earth Of which they are�察�as I suppose�察�the flower  Not given to know the 

riper fruit that waits For a more comprehensive harvesting。 

     Yes�察�may they come�察�and soon。 Again I say�察�May they come soon�  �

before too many of them Shall be the bloody cost of our defection。 When 

hell waits on the dawn of a new state�察�Better it were that hell should not 

wait long�察 �Or so it is I see it who should see As far or farther into time 

tonight Than they who talk and tremble for me now�察�Or wish me to those 

everlasting fires That are for me no fear。 Too many fires Have sought me 

out and seared me to the bone  Thereby�察�for all I know�察�to temper me For 

what was mine to do。 If I did ill What I did well�察�let men say I was mad�察�

Or let my name for ever be a question That will not sleep in history。 What 

men   say   I   was   will   cool   no   cannon�察  �dull   no   sword�察  �Invalidate   no   truth。 

Meanwhile�察 �I  was�察�And   the  long   train   is   lighted   that   shall burn�察�Though 

floods of wrath may drench it�察�and hot feet May stamp it for a slight time 

into smoke That shall blaze up again with growing speed�察�Until at last a 

fiery crash will come To cleanse and shake a wounded hemisphere�察�And 

heal it of a long malignity That angry time discredits and disowns。 Tonight 

there are men saying many things�察�And some who see life in the last of me 

Will answer first the   coming call to death�察�For death   is what is   coming�察�



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and then life。 I do not say again for the dull sake Of speech what you have 

heard me say before�察�But rather for the sake of all I am�察�And all God made 

of me。 A man to die As I do must have done some other work Than man's 

alone。   I   was   not   after   glory�察  �But   there   wa
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