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were put to rout by a huge elephant which lumbered in with Rudyard
Kipling riding high on its trunk。 The elephant changed suddenly to ;a
rakish craft。; ��I do not know what a rakish craft is�察�but this was very
rakish and very crafty。�� It must have been abandoned long ago by wild
pirates of the southern seas�察�for clinging to the rigging�察�and jovially
cheering as the ship went down�察�I made out a man with blazing eyes�察�clad
in a velveteen jacket。 As the ship disappeared from sight�察�Falstaff
rushed to the rescue of the lonely navigator´´and stole his purse� �But
Miranda persuaded him to give it back。 Stevenson said�察 �Who steals my
purse steals trash。; Falstaff laughed and called this a good joke�察�as
good as any he had heard in his day。
This was the signal for a rushing swarm of quotations。 They surged to
and fro�察�an inchoate throng of half finished phrases�察�mutilated
sentences�察�parodied sentiments�察�and brilliant metaphors。 I could not
distinguish any phrases or ideas of my own making。 I saw a poor�察�ragged��
shrunken sentence that might have been mine own catch the wings of a
fair idea with the light of genius shining like a halo about its head。
Ever and anon the dancers changed partners without invitation or
permission。 Thoughts fell in love at sight�察�married in a measure�察�and
joined hands without previous courtship。 An incongruity is the wedding
of two thoughts which have had no reasonable courtship�察�and marriages
without wooing are apt to lead to domestic discord�察�even to the breaking
up of an ancient�察�time´honoured family。 Among the wedded couples were
certain similes hitherto inviolable in their bachelorhood and
spinsterhood�察�and held in great respect。 Their extraordinary proceedings
nearly broke up the dance。 But the fatuity of their union was evident to
them�察�and they parted。 Other similes seemed to have the habit of living
in discord。 They had been many times married and divorced。 They belonged
to the notorious society of Mixed Metaphors。
A pany of phantoms floated in and out wearing tantalizing garments
of oblivion。 They seemed about to dance�察�then vanished。 They reappeared
half a dozen times�察�but never unveiled their faces。 The imp Curiosity
pulled Memory by the sleeve and said�察 �Why do they run away�拭�'Tis
strange knavery� ─�Out ran Memory to capture them。 After a great deal of
racing and puffing and collision it apprehended some of the fugitives
and brought them in。 But when it tore off their masks�察�lo� �some were
disappointingly monplace�察�and others were gipsy quotations trying to
conceal the punctuation marks that belonged to them。 Memory was much
chagrined to have had such a hard chase only to catch this sorry lot of
graceless rogues。
Into the rabble strode four stately giants who called themselves
History�察�Philosophy�察�Law�察�and Medicine。 They seemed too solemn and
imposing to join in a masque。 But even as I gazed at these formidable
guests�察�they all split into fragments which went whirling�察�dancing in
divisions�察�subdivisions�察�re´subdivisions of scientific nonsense� �History
split into philology�察�ethnology�察�anthropology�察�and mythology�察�and these
again split finer than the splitting of hairs。 Each speciality hugged
its bit of knowledge and waltzed it round and round。 The rest of the
pany began to nod�察�and I felt drowsy myself。 To put an end to the
solemn gyrations�察�a troop of fairies mercifully waved poppies over us
all�察�the masque faded�察�my head fell�察�and I started。 Sleep had wakened
me。 At my elbow I found my old friend Bottom。
;Bottom�察─�I said�察 �I have had a dream past the wit of man to say what
dream it was。 Methought I was´´there is no man can tell what。 The eye of
man hath not heard�察�the ear of man hath not seen�察�his hand is not able
to taste�察�his tongue to conceive�察�nor his heart to report what my dream
was。;
A CHANT OF DARKNESS
A CHANT OF DARKNESS
;_My wings are folded o'er mine ears��
My wings are crossed o'er mine eyes��
Yet through their silver shade appears��
And through their lulling plumes arise��
A Shape�察�a throng of sounds。_;
_Shelley's ;Prometheus Unbound。;_
I DARE not ask why we are reft of light��
Banished to our solitary isles amid the unmeasured seas��
Or how our sight was nurtured to glorious vision��
To fade and vanish and leave us in the dark alone。
The secret of God is upon our tabernacle��
Into His mystery I dare not pry。 Only this I know��
With Him is strength�察�with Him is wisdom��
And His wisdom hath set darkness in our paths。
_Out of the uncharted�察�unthinkable dark we came��
And in a little time we shall return again
Into the vast�察�unanswering dark。_
O Dark� �thou awful�察�sweet�察�and holy Dark��
In thy solemn spaces�察�beyond the human eye��
God fashioned His universe�察�laid the foundations of the earth��
Laid the measure thereof�察�and stretched the line upon it��
Shut up the sea with doors�察�and made the glory
Of the clouds a covering for it��
manded His morning�察�and�察�behold� �chaos fled
Before the uplifted face of the sun��
Divided a water´course for the overflowing of waters��
Sent rain upon the earth´´
Upon the wilderness wherein there was no man��
Upon the desert where grew no tender herb��
And�察�lo� �there was greenness upon the plains��
And the hills were clothed with beauty��
_Out of the uncharted�察�unthinkable dark we came��
And in a little time we shall return again
Into the vast�察�unanswering dark。_
O Dark� �thou secret and inscrutable Dark��
In thy silent depths�察�the springs whereof man hath not fathomed��
God wrought the soul of man。
O Dark� �passionate�察�all´knowing Dark��
Tenderly�察�as shadows to the evening�察�es thy message to man。
Softly thou layest thy hand on his tired eyelids��
And his soul�察�weary and homesick�察�returns
Unto thy soothing embrace。
_Out of the uncharted�察�unthinkable dark we came��
And in a little time we shall return again
Into the vast�察�unanswering dark。_
O Dark� �wise�察�vital�察�thought´quickening Dark��
In thy mystery thou hidest the light
That is the soul's life。
Upon thy solitary shores I walk unafraid��
I dread no evil�察�though I walk in the valley of the shadow��
I shall not know the ecstasy of fear
When gentle Death leads me through life's open door��
When the bands of night are sundered��
And the day outpours its light。
_Out of the uncharted�察�unthinkable dark we came��
And in a little time we shall return again
Into the vast�察�unanswering dark。_
The timid soul�察�fear´driven�察�shuns the dark��
But upon the cheeks of him who must abide in shadow
Breathes the wind of rushing angel´wings��
And round him falls a light from unseen fires。
Magical beams glow athwart the darkness��
Paths of beauty wind through his black world
To another world of light��
Where no veil of sense shuts him out from Paradise。
_Out of the uncharted�察�unthinkable dark we came��
And in a little time we shall return again
Into the vast�察�unanswering dark。_
O Dark� �thou blessed�察�quiet Dark��
To the lone exile who must dwell with thee
Thou art benign and friendly��
From the harsh world thou dost shut him in��
To him thou whisperest the secrets of the wondrous night��
Upon him thou bestowest regions wide and boundless as his spirit��
Thou givest a glory to all humble things��
With thy hovering pinions thou coverest all unlovely objects��
Under thy brooding wings there is peace。
_Out of the uncharted�察�unthinkable dark we came��
And in a little time we shall return again
Into the vast�察�unanswering dark。_
II
Once in regions void of light I wandered��
In blank darkness I stumbled��
And fear led me by the hand��
My feet pressed earthward��
Afraid of pitfalls。
By many shapeless terrors of the night affrighted��
To the wakeful day
I held out beseeching arms。
Then came Love�察�bearing in her hand
The torch that is the light unto my feet��
And softly spoke Love�此 �Hast thou
Entered into the treasures of darkness��
Hast thou entered into the treasures of the night��
Search out thy blindness。 It holdeth
Riches past puting。;
The words of Love set my spirit aflame。
My eager fingers searched out the mysteries��
The splendours�察�the inmost sacredness�察�of things��
And in the vacancies discerned
With spiritual sense the fullness of life��
And the gates of Day stood wide。
I am shaken with gladness��
My limbs tremble with joy��
My heart and the earth
Tremble with happiness��
The ecstasy of life
Is abroad in the world。
Knowledge hath uncurtained heaven��
On the uttermost shores of darkness there is light��
Midnight hath sent forth a beam��
The blind that stumbled in darkness without light
Behold a new day��
In the obscurity gleams the star of Thought��
Imagination hath a luminous eye��
And the mind hath a glorious vision。
III
;The man is blind。 What is life to him��
A closed book held up against a sightless face。
Would that he could see
Yon beauteous star�察�and know
For one transcendent moment
The palpitating joy of sight� �
All sight is of the soul。
Behold it in the upward flight
Of the unfettered spirit� �Hast thou seen
Thought bloom in the blind child's face��
Hast thou seen his mind grow��
Like the running dawn�察�to grasp
The vision of the Master��
It was the miracle of inward sight。
In the realms of wonderment where I dwell
I explore life with my hands��
I recognize�察�and am happy��
My fingers are ever athirst for the earth��
And drink up its wonders with delight��
Draw out earth's dear delights��
My feet are charged with the murmur��
The throb�察�of all things that grow。
This is touch�察�this quivering��
This flame�察�this ether��
This glad rush of blood��
This daylight in my heart��
This glow of sympathy in my palms��
Thou blind�察�loving�察�all´prying touch��
Thou openest the book of life to me。
The noiseless little noises of the earth
e with softest rustle��
The shy�察�sweet feet of life��
The silky mutter of moth´wings
Against my restraining palm��
The strident beat of insect´wings��
The silvery trickle of water��
Little breezes busy in the summer grass��
The music of crisp�察�whisking�察�scurrying leaves��
The swirling�察�wind´swept�察�frost´tinted leaves��
The crystal splash of summer rain��
Saturate with the odours of the sod。
With alert fingers I listen
To the showers of sound
That the wind shakes from the forest。
I bathe in the liquid shade
Under the pines�察�where the air hangs cool
After the shower is done。
My saucy little friend the squirrel
Flips my shoulder with his tail��
Leaps from leafy billow to leafy billow��
Returns to eat his breakfast from my hand。
Between us there is glad sympathy��
He gambols�察�my pulses dance��
I am exultingly full of the joy of life��
Have not my fingers split the sand
On the sun´flooded beach��
Hath not my naked body felt the water sing
When the sea hath enveloped it
With rippling music��
Have I not felt
The lilt of waves beneath my boat��
The flap of sail��
The strain of mast��
The wild rush
Of the lightning´charged winds��
Have I not smelt the swift�察�keen flight
Of winged odours before the tempest��
Here is joy awake�察�aglow��
Here is the tumult of the heart。
My hands evoke sight and sound out of feeling��
Intershifting the senses endlessly��
Linking motion with sight�察�odour with sound
They give colour to the honeyed breeze��
The measure and passion of a symphony
To the beat and quiver of unseen wings。
In the secrets of earth and sun and air
My fingers are wise��
They snatch light out of darkness��
They thrill to harmonies breathed in silence。
I walked in the stillness of the night��
And my soul uttered her gladness。
O Night�察�still�察�odorous Night�察�I love thee��
O wide�察�spacious Night�察�I love thee��
O steadfast�察�glorious Night��
I touch thee with my hands��
I lean against thy strength��
I am forted。
O fathomless�察�soothing Night��
Thou art a balm to my restless spirit��
I nestle gratefully in thy bosom��
Dark�察�gracious mother��
Like a dove�察�I rest in thy bosom。
_Out of the uncharted�察�unthinkable dark we came��
And in a little time we shall return again
Into the vast�察�unanswering dark。_
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Transcriber's Note��
Page 223�察 �similies; changed to ;similes; ��Other similes seemed��
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