The younger quire . ever-changing but eternalRhythms of , be it splendid or infernal,Life, be it sparkling or irrational—I see it all—the humor and the strife(Vide my columns in The International). The Nixie: Silly billy—heigho—What is this talk about,Why do you walk about,Waving your hands?Why do you sputter so,Gurgle and mutter so—Cannot you utter, soOne understands? The Gnome: Sis—boom—bah!What should you knowOf po- [14] Ets craft? You, who have laughed, Will sow The seed In bitter Need. (A symbol) Lo, And, likewise, Ah! This thing you mock is not The metric rot A lot Of other bard
The younger quire . ever-changing but eternalRhythms of , be it splendid or infernal,Life, be it sparkling or irrational—I see it all—the humor and the strife(Vide my columns in The International). The Nixie: Silly billy—heigho—What is this talk about,Why do you walk about,Waving your hands?Why do you sputter so,Gurgle and mutter so—Cannot you utter, soOne understands? The Gnome: Sis—boom—bah!What should you knowOf po- [14] Ets craft? You, who have laughed, Will sow The seed In bitter Need. (A symbol) Lo, And, likewise, Ah! This thing you mock is not The metric rot A lot Of other bards rehearse. No! Myself am never fettered. See Unhampered, how exultingly The soul of me, Vibrant and terse, Comes forth with glee In free Verse! [15] City Silhouettes (After Charles Manhattan Towne.)New York from an Aeroplane. ENEATH the stars the citysprawls—and dreams,Misshapen, vague, it min-gles with the night;It stretches forth its bridges,and it seemsA shimmering spider spin-ning webs of In front of Vantines. These windows lift me from the streets And I am wafted far awayWhere spicy airs, exotic sweets, Prolong the day. Here is the golden, singing sand,Here once again I dare rejoice With temple-bells, Damascus andA lovers voice. [16] The sampan (local color note)Is heard beyond the city gatesWhere, smiling in a flowered boat,The maiden waits. Thus, standing by this city wall,My spirit spreads a poets feast And I am fed—and drunk with allThe fabled East. 117]
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