Jocoseria
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J O C O S E R I A BY ROBERT BROWNING BOSTON HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN AND COMPANY New York 11 East Seventeenth Street be ailitter ibe m, Cambribge I 883 CONTENTS. PAGE WANTING IS - WHAT . 7 IXION . . . . . . 51 JOCHANAN HAKKADOS . H . . 63 NEVER T HE TIME A ND THE PLACE . 109 WANTING IS - WHAT WANTINGis - w hat Summer redundant, Blueness abundant, - Where is the spot Beamy the world, yet a blank all the s...
MoreJ O C O S E R I A BY ROBERT BROWNING BOSTON HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN AND COMPANY New York 11 East Seventeenth Street be ailitter ibe m, Cambribge I 883 CONTENTS. PAGE WANTING IS - WHAT . 7 IXION . . . . . . 51 JOCHANAN HAKKADOS . H . . 63 NEVER T HE TIME A ND THE PLACE . 109 WANTING IS - WHAT WANTINGis - w hat Summer redundant, Blueness abundant, - Where is the spot Beamy the world, yet a blank all the same, - Framework which waits for a picture to frame What of the leafage, what of the flower Roses embowering with nought they embower Come then, complete incompletion, 0 corner, Pant through the blueness, perfect the summer I Breathe but one breath Rose-beauty above, And all that was death Grows life, grows love, Grows love I DONALD. DONALD. WILL you hear my story also, - Huge Sport, brave adventure in plenty The boys were a band from Oxford, The oldest of whom was twenty. The bothy we held carouse in Was bright with fire and candle Tale followed tale like a merry go-round 4 Whereof Sport turned the handle. In our eyes and noses - turf-smoke In our ears a tune from the trivet, Whence Boiling, boiling, the kettle sang, And ready for fresh Glenlivet. So, feat capped feat, with a vengeance Truths, though, - the lads were loyal Grouse, five score brace to the bag Deer, ten hours stalk of the Royal Of boasting, not one bit, boys Only there seemed to settle Somehow above your curly heads, - Plain through the singing kettle, Palpable through the cloud, As each new-puffed Havanna Rewarded the tellers well-told tale, - This vaunt To Sport - Hosanna Hunt, fish, shoot, Would a man fulfil lifes duty Not to the bodily frame alone Does Sport give Strength and beauty, 46 But character gains in - courage Ay, Sir, and much beside it You dont sport, more S the pity You soon would find, if you tried it...
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