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...er the sun 
was he trying to do, up there on his balcony! 
Each man received one rather hard crumb, 
which some flicked scornfully into the river, 
and, in a cup, one drop of the coffee. 
Some of us stood around, waiting for the miracle. 

I can tell what I saw next; it was not a miracle. 
A beautiful villa stood in the sun 
and from its doors came the smell of hot coffee. 
In front, a baroque white plaster balcony 
added by birds, who nest along the river, 
—I saw it with on...Read more of this...

...t." 

The emu chickens made haste to flee 
As he barked and he snarled and he darted around, 
But the emu looked at him scornfully 
And put an end to his warlike glee 
With a kick that lifted him off the ground. 

And when, with an injured rib or two, 
He made for home with a chastened mind, 
An old dog told him, "I thought you knew 
An emu kicks like a kangaroo, 
And you can't get hurt -- if you keep behind."...Read more of this...

...en. 

But in darkness, in mist, on the ground, under a chill rain, 
Wearied that night we lay, foil’d and sullen;
While scornfully laugh’d many an arrogant lord, off against us encamp’d, 
Quite within hearing, feasting, klinking wine-glasses together over their victory. 

So, dull and damp, and another day; 
But the night of that, mist lifting, rain ceasing, 
Silent as a ghost, while they thought they were sure of him, my General retreated.

I saw him at the river-side, 
Down...Read more of this...

...now stand on end;
His nostrils drink the air, and forth again,
As from a furnace, vapours doth he send:
His eye, which scornfully glisters like fire,
Shows his hot courage and his high desire.

Sometime her trots, as if he told the steps,
With gentle majesty and modest pride;
Anon he rears upright, curvets and leaps,
As who should say, 'Lo! thus my strength is tried;
And this I do to captivate the eye
Of the fair breeder that is standing by.'

What recketh he his rider's ang...Read more of this...

...est mind: 

‘Children of men! the unseen Power, whose eye 
For ever doth accompany mankind, 
Hath looked on no religion scornfully 
That men did ever find. 

‘Which has not taught weak wills how much they can? 
Which has not fall’n on the dry heart like rain? 
Which has not cried to sunk, self-weary man: 
Thou must be born again! 

‘Children of men! not that your age excel 
In pride of life the ages of your sires, 
But that you think clear, feel deep, bear fruit well, 
The Fr...Read more of this...

...e time for mating--
 Tell her England hath taken me!

 As for my comrades in camp and highway
 That lift their eyebrows scornfully,
 Tell them their way is not my way--
 Tell them England hath taken me!

 Kings and Princes and Barons famed,
 Knights and Captains in your degree;
 Hear me a little before I am blamed--
 Seeing England hath taken me!

 Howso great man's strength be reckoned,
 There are two things he cannot flee.
 Love is the first, and Death is the second-
 And L...Read more of this...

...rous zest,
No guiltless blood on high ascended.
The heart that she in gentle fetters binds,
Views duty's slavish escort scornfully;
Her path of light, though fairer far it winds,
Sinks in the sun-track of morality.
Those who in her chaste service still remain,
No grovelling thought can tempt, no fate affright;
The spiritual life, so free from stain,
Freedom's sweet birthright, they receive again,
Under the mystic sway of holy might.

The purest among millions, happy they
Whom...Read more of this...

...s; 
Whilst the wave constantly 
Drips from her clothing; 
Take her up instantly, 
Loving, not loathing. 

Touch her not scornfully; 
Think of her mournfully, 
Gently and humanly; 
Not of the stains of her, 
All that remains of her 
Now is pure womanly. 

Make no deep scrutiny 
Into her mutiny 
Rash and undutiful: 
Past all dishonour, 
Death has left on her 
Only the beautiful. 

Still, for all slips of hers, 
One of Eve's family— 
Wipe those poor lips of hers 
Oozing so clamm...Read more of this...

...l—


SECTION TWO

"Many's the heart that's breaking
If we could read them all
After the ball is over."

(An old song.)

Scornfully, gaily 
The bandmaster sways, 
Changing the strain 
That the wild band plays. 
With a red and royal intoxication,
A tangle of sounds
And a syncopation,
Sweeping and bending
From side to side,
Master of dreams,
With a peacock pride.
A lord of the delicate flowers of delight
He drives compunction
Back through the night.
Dreams he's a soldier
Plumed ...Read more of this...

...ut not a sword was drawn, no shaft outsprang, 
 Only the trumpets the shrill onset rang. 
 At the first blast, smiled scornfully the king, 
 And at the second sneered, half wondering: 
 "Hop'st thou with noise my stronghold to break down?" 
 At the third round, the ark of old renown 
 Swept forward, still the trumpets sounding loud, 
 And then the troops with ensigns waving proud. 
 Stepped out upon the old walls children dark 
 With horns to mock the notes and hoot ...Read more of this...

...ed her hand.

Oh yes, she gave me her hand,--
 A box upon the ear;
I could not understand,
 I blinked away a tear.
Then scornfully she said:
 'Next time you kneel before
A maid, young man don't spread
 Your hankey on the floor.'

So next time I proposed,
 Thinks I, I'll treat 'em rough.
Her name was Lily Rose,
 I gave her he-man stuff.
I yanked her on my knee,
 And as her ear I bit,
To my amazement she
 Seemed to like it.

The old cave-men knew best;
 Grab girlies by the hair...Read more of this...

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