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Or, as with arms outstretched and hair streaming on the wind, he chanted full lines of the resounding Iliad, I saw Homer pacing the Aegean sands of the Greek sunsets of forgotten times. OR AS WITH ARMS OUTSTRETCHED AND HAIR STREAMING ON THE WIND HE CHANTED FULL LINES OF THE RESOUNDING ILIAD I SAW HOMER PACING THE AEGEAN SANDS OF THE GREEK SUNSETS OF FORGOTTEN TIMES
r rain, or heavy foot of cattle, touching the flowers with a dewy kiss,--a beam of grace, a happy song, a line of light, in the dim and troubled landscape. "My grandmother sent me to school, but I looked at the master, and saw that he was a smooth round ferule, or an improper noun, or a vulgar fraction, and refused to obey him. Or he was a piece of string, a rag, a willow-wand, and I had a contemptuous pity. But one was a well of cool, deep water, and looking suddenly in, one day, I saw the stars. "That one gave me all my schooling. With him I used to walk by the sea, and, as we strolled and the waves plunged in long legions before us, I looked at him through the spectacles, and as his eyes dilated with the boundless view, and his chest heaved with an impossible desire, I saw Xerxes and his army, tossed and glittering, rank upon rank, multitude upon multitude, out of sight, but ever regularly advancing, and with confused roar of ceaseless music, prostrating themselves in abject homage.  DUST SLIPPING ALONG UNSTAINED BY WEED OR RAIN OR HEAVY FOOT OF CATTLE TOUCHING THE FLOWERS WITH A DEWY KISS A BEAM OF GRACE A HAPPY SONG A LINE OF LIGHT IN THE DIM AND TROUBLED LANDSCAPE MY GRANDMOTHER SENT ME TO SCHOOL BUT I LOOKED AT THE MASTER AND SAW THAT HE WAS A SMOOTH ROUND FERULE OR AN IMPROPER NOUN OR A VULGAR FRACTION AND REFUSED TO OBEY HIM OR HE WAS A PIECE OF STRING A RAG A WILLOW WAND AND I HAD A CONTEMPTUOUS PITY BUT ONE WAS A WELL OF COOL DEEP WATER AND LOOKING SUDDENLY IN ONE DAY I SAW THE STARS THAT ONE GAVE ME ALL MY SCHOOLING WITH HIM I USED TO WALK BY THE SEA AND AS WE STROLLED AND THE WAVES PLUNGED IN LONG LEGIONS BEFORE US I LOOKED AT HIM THROUGH THE SPECTACLES AND AS HIS EYES DILATED WITH THE BOUNDLESS VIEW AND HIS CHEST HEAVED WITH AN IMPOSSIBLE DESIRE I SAW XERXES AND HIS ARMY TOSSED AND GLITTERING RANK UPON RANK MULTITUDE UPON MULTITUDE OUT OF SIGHT BUT EVER REGULARLY ADVANCING AND WITH CONFUSED ROAR OF CEASELESS MUSIC PROSTRATING THEMSELVES IN ABJECT HOMAGE
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