Doubt and other things, verse and illustrations . -rays we might call them, discovered in theeffulgence which surrounds celebrated characters and seen from thestandpoint of an ordinary person; a person possessed, so he thinks,of that questionable gift—a sense of humor. Had this ordinaryPerson been gifted also with an ounce of Discretion, Silence—asfar as he is concerned—would have reigned supreme and no onehave been the wiser. Question:—are they now? No, these orenot criticisms, for I feel that— The Cobbler may without disgracePoint out defects in the statues sandal,Whereas the praise of form
Doubt and other things, verse and illustrations . -rays we might call them, discovered in theeffulgence which surrounds celebrated characters and seen from thestandpoint of an ordinary person; a person possessed, so he thinks,of that questionable gift—a sense of humor. Had this ordinaryPerson been gifted also with an ounce of Discretion, Silence—asfar as he is concerned—would have reigned supreme and no onehave been the wiser. Question:—are they now? No, these orenot criticisms, for I feel that— The Cobbler may without disgracePoint out defects in the statues sandal,Whereas the praise of form or faceWould in his case be called a scandal. [243] Digitized by Microsoft® The Archaeologists Future research mid our remainsWill show what care we take and painsTo guard the output of our check and lawless thieves appallWe blazon Copyright on all—On Venuses and telephones,All copyrighted but our bones. Note: Our bones are turned to no such aureate earthAs buried once, men want dug up again. [244] Digitized by Microsoft®. Why Compare? Let great poets stand single and apart:One to the mind, one to the heartHis wisdom or his music doth impart,Nor merge the noble Milton with the throng,Nor Dante stern, the scourge of every compare Shakespeare with the restWhen he seems best, until we read the rest?No—let them stand apart, nor make compareBetween the perfect, wonderful, or rare. Contrarywise— Who so noble are or rare But what with others we may make compare? This a comfort is to some, to some despair. Yet, to be just, however high or low Or dark or fair, or generous or mean. Some little touch is seen whereby is shown We each have something we may call our own.
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