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recognition of their gentle   flashes�察�and   as you   journey  you   are   suddenly 

aware of them close by。          Light and the breezes are as quick as the eyes of 

a poplar´lover to find the willing tree that dances to be seen。 

     No    lurking    for  them�察   �no   reluctance。     One     could   never    make     for 

oneself an oak day so well。           The oaks would wait to be found�察�and many 

would be missed from the gathering。              But the poplars are alert enough for 

a traveller by express�察�they have an alarum aloft�察�and do not sleep。                   From 

within some little grove of other trees a single poplar makes a slight sign�察�

or   a   long   row   of   poplars   suddenly   sweep   the   wind。     They   are   salient 

everywhere�察�and full of replies。          They are as fresh as streams。 

     It is difficult to realize a drought where there are many poplars。 And 

yet their green is not rich�察�the coolest have a colour much mingled with a 

cloud´grey。      It   does   but   need   fresh   and   simple   eyes   to   recognize   their 

unfaded life。      When the other trees grow dark and keep still�察�the poplar 

and the aspen do not darkenor hardlyand the deepest summer will not 

find a day in which they do not keep awake。                 No waters are so vigilant�察�

even where a lake is bare to the wind。 

     When Keats said of his Dian that she fastened up her hair ;with fingers 

cool   as   aspen   leaves�察─  �he   knew   the   coolest   thing   in   the   world。 It   is   a 

coolness   of   colour�察  �as   well   as   of   a   leaf   which   the   breeze   takes   on   both 

sidesthe greenish and the greyish。             The poplar green has no glows�察�no 

gold�察�it is an austere colour�察�as little rich as the colour of willows�察�and less 

silvery than theirs。 The sun can hardly gild it�察�but he can shine between。 

Poplars and aspens let the sun through with the wind。                  You may have the 



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sky sprinkled through them in high midsummer�察�when all the woods are 

close。 

     Sending   your   fancy   poplar´gathering�察  �then�察  �you   ensnare   wild   trees�察�

beating with life。       No fisher's net ever took such glancing fishes�察�nor did 

the net of a constellation's shape ever enclose more vibrating Pleiades。 



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                                       WELLS 



     The     world    at   present    is   inclined    to   make     sorry   mysteries     or 

unattractive secrets of the methods and supplies of the fresh and perennial 

means of life。       A very dull secret is made of water�察�for example�察�and the 

plumber sets his seal upon the floods whereby we live。                 They are covered�察�

they   are   carried�察  �they   are   hushed�察  �from   the   spring   to   the   tap�察  �and   when 

their voices are released at last in the London scullery�察�why�察�it can hardly 

be said that the song is eloquent of the natural source of waters�察�whether 

earthly or heavenly。        There is not one of the circumstances of this capture 

of streamsthe company�察�the water´rate�察�and the restthat is not a sign of 

the   ill´luck   of   modern   devices   in   regard   to   style。  For   style   implies   a 

candour and   simplicity  of   means�察 �an   action�察�a gesture�察 �as it   were�察 �in   the 

doing of small things�察�it is the ignorance of secret ways�察�whereas the finish 

of modern life   and   its neatness seem  to   be   secured by  a   system  of   little 

shufflings and surprises。 

     Dress�察�among other things�察�is furnished throughout with such fittings�察�

they form its very construction。          Style does not exist in modern arrayings�察�

for all their prettiness and precision�察�and for all the successeswhich are 

not to be deniedof their outer part�察�the happy little swagger that simulates 

style is but another sign of its absence�察�being prepared by mere dodges and 

dexterities   beneath�察  �and   the   triumph   and   success   of   the   present   art   of 

raiment;fit; itselfis but the result of a masked and lurking labour and 

device。 

     The masters of fine manners�察�moreover�察�seem to be always aware of 

the   beauty   that   comes   of   pausing   slightly   upon   the   smaller   and   slighter 

actions�察�such as meaner men are apt to hurry out of the way。                    In a word�察�

the    workman�察     �with   his   finish   and   accomplishment�察       �is  the   dexterous 

provider     of  contemporary       things�察  �and   the   ready�察  �well´   appointed�察   �and 

decorated   life   of   all   towns   is   now   altogether   in   his   hands�察  �whereas   the 

artist craftsman of other times made a manifestation of his means。                      The 

first hides the streams�察�under stress and pressure�察�in paltry pipes which we 

all must make haste to call upon the earth to cover�察�and the second lifted 



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up the arches of the aqueduct。 

     The search of easy ways to live is not always or everywhere the way to 

ugliness�察�but in some countries�察�at some dates�察�it is the sure way。                       In all 

countries�察  �and   at   all   dates�察  �extreme   finish   compassed   by   hidden   means 

must needs�察�from the beginning�察�prepare the abolition of dignity。                       This is 

easy to understand�察�but it is less easy to explain the ill´fortune that presses 

upon   the   expert   workman�察  �in   search   of   easy   ways   to   live�察  �all   the   ill´ 

favoured   materials�察  �makes   them   cheap   for   him�察  �makes   them   serviceable 

and effectual�察�urges him to use them�察�seal them�察�and inter them�察�turning the 

trim   and   dull   completeness   out   to   the   view   of   the   daily   world。   It   is   an 

added      mischance。      Nor�察    �on   the  other    hand�察   �is  it  easy   to  explain    the 

beautiful good luck attending the simpler devices which are�察�after all�察�only 

less expert ways of labour。            In those happy conditions�察�neither from the 

material�察    �suggesting      to  the   workman�察     �nor   from    the   workman       looking 

askance   at   his   unhandsome   material�察  �comes   a   first   proposal   to   pour   in 

cement and make fast the underworld�察�out of sight。                      But fate spares not 

that   suggestion   to   the  able   and   the unlucky  at   their  task   of   making   neat 

work of the means�察�the distribution�察�the traffick of life。 

     The springs�察�then�察�the profound wells�察�the streams�察�are of all the means 

of our lives those which we should wish to see open to the sun�察�with their 

waters on their progress and their way to us�察�but�察�no�察�they are lapped in 

lead。 

     King Pandion and his friends lie not under heavier seals。 

     Yet we have been delighted�察�elsewhere�察�by open floods。                      The hiding´ 

place that nature and the simpler crafts allot to the waters of wells are�察�at 

their deepest�察�in communication with the open sky。                     No other mine is so 

visited�察�for the noonday sun himself is visible there�察�and it is fine to think 

of the waters of this planet�察�shallow and profound�察�all charged with shining 

suns�察�a multitude of waters multiplying suns�察�and carrying that remote fire�察�

as   it   were�察  �within   their   unalterable   freshness。      Not   a   pool   without   this 

visitant�察�or without passages of stars。            As for the wells of the Equator�察�you 

may think of them in their last recesses as the daily bathing´places of light�察�

a   luminous   fancy   is   able   so   to   scatter   fitful   figures   of   the   sun�察  �and   to 

plunge them in thousands within those deeps。 



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     Round images lie in the dark waters�察�but in the bright waters the sun is 

shattered out of its circle�察�scattered into waves�察�broken across stones�察�and 

rippled   over   sand�察  �and   in   the   shallow   rivers   that   fall   through   chestnut 

woods   the   image   is   mingled   with   the   mobile   figures   of   leaves。        To   all 

these waters the agile air has perpetual access。               Not so can great towns be 

watered�察  �it   will   be   said   with   reason�察  �and   this   is   precisely   the   ill´luck   of 

great towns。 

     Nevertheless�察�there are towns�察�not�察�in a sense�察�so great�察�that have the 

grace of visible wells�察�such as Venice�察�where every campo has its circle of 

carved stone�察�its clashing of dark copper on the pavement�察�its soft kiss of 

the   copper   vess
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