, 1881-04-03

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:,l. 1;','.. ~ cs,ta..;an tor Ann
toaqns" -a'ter ~ eo!uo'nan ,',,aa ~, =" @A''"
4 !ana .nat man mas ~." ne~ts aoa.
\ land that only dod mas kno"n' s
IhronSn an tue sounu1ess 10y osc.es es Ao"H'
And perfect birds Hume the trees,
!. And perfect unhcard harmontes
Pour out eternally to God"
dnousano in!ies o. m,gnts at!,,a Mo9us -ehod.
Where thunder storms strlue & nre-snoo'
.',: anousmu ,rea pi'ts nl tt,rr -: rt'o1l loo'
,Ton Ten'Ity tGonsand a.uI iearcs to nrerv tree
And each d miracle to me;
Yet there be men who doubt Of Godl
4o,v r,x r>,fn Vac onrw14rrn
" ~, = ~ h1ntaW m"rm
.,,,,,oaoo,,a' " Fn,;r 1n ~ pa,,od fmav his
Al1an'asooziei' Ghii " osu"o s'1.s' 49,
memory that lie could recite the longest
noem after having heard 1t once repeated.
IN his household also there was eunucl,
-. 41o ~, ''u"asu a ,u,,;n1, ,,a l,o,,
heard twice, and female slave who could
do as much if she had but heard it thrice.
,r1,o Fn,ir who wac very fond of noetry
tnS -: - ..;.," "' tt,,n feS,,o,l nr,o,on,ot;on
anu his sequIis' luen 1s7ue'l q p1oc'aHla1lo!'
fully invited, and that such as were accepted
,,,t,,,1d ha mid for ot t,e rate of their weight
"oulu pe pau - ~, ~ a,a NC ~ ~ - an', aoat
III Eoiu. oub IL "'is ','ueu .'la'' - a., 49,
sheuld attempt to palm on upon ne Elllf
plagiarisms or old compositions, not only
should he receive no reward, but he should
,,sti,,o dn.d md ,,ara1fad thronoh
ue neta''tls n,s1 '4 ,.,1,;to ,,a ,,,;7 +,
tne streets oi ntsaa on ".i.s' 4n;1 iAu'e WILL
his face toward the anlWals tall.
Emir,s annlonse. visited the court of Dedad.
.-.,'a-e 49, -. rono;,.o,1 +,o,, Tho ounuoh
"neie e1'e I.!1. 4ese' ~ .to'1' ~ -
standing atnlu MS attenaahts' alitl tue 1ena!e
slave sitting behind 4 screen OF lattlce-work
When the poet had recited his ode the Emir'S
fa:s ,vonrd darken viii, indienation.
1".s "ou ~ aatu, 10 ,ro,,, +h',n.1ar q that
Log VI q poct: he "oulu tnuna.t, 'e.,' 14i.s :"
dost care 10 euler NY p1esence WILL q. 1le
upon thy lips! The verses thou hast just re-
ciren I read many wears ago,-are as familiar
~ ,na.os nv nravers., Then ha would re-
nnat tha ns1a to the astonished poet, and
wien he had concluded lle would say: .tNot
only is it known to Inc, but that ennuch
yonder read it To me long ago, as his own
tongue shall Witness and when the eunuch
be- sn appesied pp to and nd would favor the company
with recitation.
'rhereupon the Emir would sign to his
black slave Mesrour. and the poet would be
hustled forth and 9astnadosd Il, d and nd pafaS;sd ;t
mule with lis face towards tie animals tail,
lis his feet t Two would DEPART to lis own city in an
utterly dazed condition, and prepared to
admit that aftera!l there might Ee something
in the theory Of an Unconscious Memory.
Meanwhile the poets ode would be writ
tcn in letters of gold upon illuminated vel
iun,. and placed il the royal library, the Emir
tins obtafnino a priceless collection Of the
crean nj contemporary literature at the min
in,m,n Of EXPENSE.
Now. there was a poet who dwelt In a re-
mote oasis and had followed with interest
the literary movement OF the time. He too
declared lis intention OF presenting himself
before the Elnir. For seven years, there
fore. he wrought and produced an
ode beside which the widest writings
of CarlyIe. and Walt Whitman, aid
Stephen Pearl Andrews were even
as a-b alb, The shortest word in it made two
lines, and the noninariyes, fainting beneath
o burden Of adjectives, grew gray before
they found their ions-iost twin verbs. Hay-
completed his work he set forth for the
court Of Bedad amid the lamentations of his
kindred.
When the Emir was informed of the ar
rival Of another poet he babe the attendants
summon the eunuch and female Slave select
two new whips of lippopotamus hide, saddle
lie white mule, and admit. the bard. s. =