The Sea, the Railway Journey, And Other Poems
The Sea, the Railway Journey, And Other Poems
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How long, how many more revolving years Must this eternal sing-song din our ears ?" To which, with humour twinkling in his eye The sage returned the following reply : " O King, it is impossible to tell.
The birds have emptied but the topmost cell ; And the tall pyramid at least contains Ten miQion more all full of golden grains." " But," said the monarch, rising from his throne.
244 THE EAILWAT JOUBNET.
*' You must, my fnend, at least with candour own^ That if the grainB remam, the birds have a...ll been fed, And all the swarms of locusts died or fled ; Can you not cease this endless wordy play, And say what followed when they passed away ?
Will you to doomsday perseveringly rehearse, The changeless cadence of your jingling verse ?"^ To which the sage replied, " O King, 'tis true.
Locusts have vanished like tbe morning dew.
And flocks of birds have fattened on the grain.
Whose lifeless wings shall never soar again ; But still the sky is darkened like a shroud.
With one enormous mass of moving cloud ; A cloud of locusts numerous as the grains.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
How long, how many more revolving years Must this eternal sing-song din our ears ?" To which, with humour twinkling in his eye The sage returned the following reply : " O King, it is impossible to tell.
The birds have emptied but the topmost cell ; And the tall pyramid at least contains Ten miQion more all full of golden grains." " But," said the monarch, rising from his throne.
244 THE EAILWAT JOUBNET.
*' You must, my fnend, at least with candour own^ That if the grainB remam, the birds have a...ll been fed, And all the swarms of locusts died or fled ; Can you not cease this endless wordy play, And say what followed when they passed away ?
Will you to doomsday perseveringly rehearse, The changeless cadence of your jingling verse ?"^ To which the sage replied, " O King, 'tis true.
Locusts have vanished like tbe morning dew.
And flocks of birds have fattened on the grain.
Whose lifeless wings shall never soar again ; But still the sky is darkened like a shroud.
With one enormous mass of moving cloud ; A cloud of locusts numerous as the grains.
What to read after The Sea, the Railway Journey, And Other Poems?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Edward Dalton to read onlineMoreLess
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