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over the teacups-第59部分

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man speaketh unto his friend。〃





I find the burden and restrictions of rhyme more and more troublesome

as I grow older。  There are times when it seems natural enough to

employ that form of expression; but it is only occasionally; and the

use of it as the vehicle of the commonplace is so prevalent that one

is not much tempted to select it as the medium for his thoughts and

emotions。  The art of rhyming has almost become a part of a high…

school education; and its practice is far from being an evidence of

intellectual distinction。  Mediocrity is as much forbidden to the

poet in our days as it was in those of Horace; and the immense

majority of the verses written are stamped with hopeless mediocrity。



When one of the ancient poets found he was trying to grind out verses

which came unwillingly; he said he was writing



          INVITA MINERVA。



Vex not the Muse with idle prayers;

She will not hear thy call;

She steals upon thee unawares;

Or seeks thee not at all。



Soft as the moonbeams when they sought

Endymion's fragrant bower;

She parts the whispering leaves of thought

To show her full…blown flower。



For thee her wooing hour has passed;

The singing birds have flown;

And winter comes with icy blast

To chill thy buds unblown。



Yet; though the woods no longer thrill

As once their arches rung;

Sweet echoes hover round thee still

Of songs thy summer sung。




Live in thy past; await no more

The rush of heaven…sent wings;

Earth still has music left in store

While Memory sighs and sings。





I hope my special Minerva may not always be unwilling; but she must

not be called upon as she has been in times past。  Now that the

teacups have left the table; an occasional evening call is all that

my readers must look for。  Thanking them for their kind

companionship; and hoping that I may yet meet them in the now and

then in the future; I bid them goodbye for the immediate present。











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