The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-10-15


Em1f ASsELMo. My very noble and approved good masters
Nsh. Most prying, pert and meidling people
That ye presume nm act Of mine to question
bubble moi, for It's the within Of greatness Oft to pardon
With n smile the mad presumption which a trown
Might trample underfoot
so do now. Yea, even NOR; III speak yc fair.
Take mp this mangled mutter at its worst, draw taut
The knotty skeini III tell Ye all the ms and outs,
The longs and shorts, and leave no haying hound,
Chained to the kennel Of his malcontent = horn wher'oh
To blow hs mouthings
Nine moons have risen. waned, vanished since
First the people. the dear the plain, the common masses
Bone Of my bone and morticd to my soul
With bandr of steel since these same people"
Through those they sent to counaI hold.
Did pass a law.
A Law, forsoothl Marry, sim a law
A wretched patch, an aimIess birth, the spawn Of folly
And the foal Of stumbling age.
What boots it now for dull canaille 10 say
7Atjr will was law to cast in my imperial teeth
That / t. the Dog, the Prince Of Venice, their Lord
shrined in The prond divinity Of kings thntI
Did pas my power, did exceed my honnds ocrloapt
The summit Of my orders?
Bah It doth sicken,
Doth gorge nv gullrt with a uauscous bile that they, the rnbhl"
To scourg" md ln.h inscnsate, dared set their bounds to III"
gives. collars, whips and spurs fit stan for slaves,
Bnt a. for me snap my strong, nnrhackied hnEer7 nj 'helT IA"
And go my way
Now. here the rub. the the raw unpouIttc"d rub, which sore
And hot does rhnic my flesh, and gall the grosping palm
brought from Rankin
These clowns did in this srrnrnc mw. this much debated
And he twisted law, proyid" places md perqn"t"s Fat jobs
Whercfor reached my hand md pickings
And vet, / swear by all the pagan gods that hold
Their reyels on Olympus the rognes did name III" men.
Did point the channels and did show th" path wherein
The duchtE were 10 travel
Could man control the swift and surging blood which broke
In wild rebellion at outrage rank IA this
Nay: Yet the tnmbling torrents Of my soul maintain
A camor in my slnmb"rs.
They brand them not as offices commissions rather
Did call and fetched forth musty lrcccdents to set
A mark which l must follow.
Egad, fair smN, egad. say
A murrain to your palsied precedents.
These were my reasons and using then
The changeless logic of my race, argued they
Had Tins created office. And being Offices
with what n soft
Enticing thrill the word doth strike mine ear. Sweet
Az the melodions murmur Of q thousand lutes
II ripples from my tongue, drip drip, drip aud
Makes the hayward juices of my mouth to tricklc in their hiding
As do the crystal streams which tannt the sun
Thlough Paradiscs valley
Stay. halt Wellnigh do forget the course
Mine nrgument should take, n lingering on that word
If offices
They were, why, 'hon. they did belong unto the Clan.
Does any man dispute. from cautions premise thus laid down,
My sage conclusions ldaresay moi.
And being offices ma have said, and thus pertaining
Strictly to the Clan, from whose just claims
They were withheld the bill did veto, and fiat refused
To act the seal of my approval upon
Their spoiliation.
Yes. | did doubt. did grayely doubt | do admit.
" hoTe I've th' seer nv Wh"h' th' priest VIM can dthE
My secret thought
These doubts We're mine, all, all my own.
Your meanest churl who.fodlers asses, holds
The suckling calf from milk, or scrnpes the mud
From of your lordships douhlet, he, even he, does with his own
1t pleases him.
For mine humber self crayed and gained
A peasant privilege, SO all my doubts
did resolve into my favor those same doubts had
Myself created.
1T was the law that made fcint
Of doubling,
And 50 | sent
Mos. tried and trusty friends to close inquire
phrase discreet or promise soft, or threat
And bring me word If strength there was
TO override my wish. And lief, the law to hang upon
information
The weakiing thrpng disse nsion rent and torn
s.ryings # their own. made but a show
n bold resistance. \ shallow mockery of war
ierp was the keystone u my short deliteration
further asked no counsel -ough, not advice.
" cvuri Of usn or deyiI-aye Wetherus"
Now let them yeip who sought to check
iy CREASED and swiftly turning wheel
u power
And. mark yon. sir, twixt men this difference.
rices blessed word rerquisites and donors nri~,
authority aud advice, gir;
proper in It's place, yet let not each usurp
he others
low, mark you, sis, again, Was Ito stoop
like sone poor serving wcnch. by silly mistress sent
search for samples Was to gather I "collatc"
md submit them fully then for h,jr selection
We're that hut done, in all my tossing as if upon
fcvcred bed lay, then prithcc where
Did come inH What gear to me would fall
II all the shuttle
Nay, may, fine gentlemen, We know me not.
lis no, Anselmos wont to dc n thing
.y drihlcts. lierrmcal twist no rope of sand
% bind my bark on Fortunes shore.
stendtast hand was at the helm, and shamcd then the moon
Ter frequent changes
there came with plans to show, srant time
hey stayed, then departed To come again no mort.
~ plans We're laid. nor law. nor human, MOI divine
alter.
Gather here We idle gossips now to learn
he rith and point of my trnnsgresion! yes. the very marrow
md the ore of all my treason Twas this n p,,,t thu, H.,