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That little fairy palace wrought With many a grave fantastic thought; I send a kiss to wander there, To climb from golden stair to stair, Wind in and out its cunning bowers,— O garden gold with golden flowers, O little palace built of hair! THAT LITTLE FAIRY PALACE WROUGHT WITH MANY A GRAVE FANTASTIC THOUGHT I SEND A KISS TO WANDER THERE TO CLIMB FROM GOLDEN STAIR TO STARE WEND IN AND OUT ITS CUNNING BOWERS O GARDEN GOLD WITH GOLDEN FLOWERS O LITTLE PALACE BUILT OF HAIR
that to turn a muse into a wife, however long and faithfully loved, is to bid good-bye to the muse. But a day or two after the coming of Silencieux, Antony found himself suddenly inspired once more to sing of his wife. It was the best poem he had written for a long time, and when it was finished, he came down the wood impatient to read it to Beatrice. This was the poem, which he called "The Northern Sphinx":— Sphinx of the North, with subtler smile Than hers who in the yellow South, With make-believe mysterious mouth, Deepens the ennui of the Nile; And, with no secret left to tell, A worn and withered old coquette, Dreams sadly that she draws us yet, With antiquated charm and spell: Tell me your secret, Sphinx,—for mine!— What means the colour of your eyes, Half innocent and all so wise, Blue as the smoke whose wavering line Curls upward from the sacred pyre Of sacrifice or holy death, Pale twisting wreaths of opal breath, From fire mounting into fire. What is the meaning of your hair?  TO BE A LAW OF THE ARTISTIC TEMPERAMENT THAT TO TURN A MUSE INTO A WIFE HOWEVER LONG AND FAITHFULLY LOVED IS TO BID GOOD BYE TO THE MUSE BUT A DAY OR TWO AFTER THE COMING OF SELAJO ANTONY FOUND HIMSELF SUDDENLY INSPIRED ONCE MORE TO SING OF HIS WIFE IT THE BEST POEM HE HAD WRITTEN FOR A LONG TIME AND WHEN IT WAS FINISHED HE CAME DOWN THE WOOD IMPATIENT TO READ IT TO BEATRICE THIS WAS THE POEM WHICH HE CALLED THE NORTHERN SPHINX SPHINX OF THE NORTH WITH SUTLER SMILE THAN HERS WHO IN THE YELLOW SOUTH WOULD MAKE BELIEVE MYSTERIOUS MOUTH DEEPENS THE ENNUI OF THE NILE AND WITH NO SECRET LEFT TO TELL A WORN AND WITHERED OLD COQUETTE DREAMS SADLY THAT SHE DRAWS US YET WITH ANTIQUATED CHARM AND SPELL TELL ME YOUR SECRET SPHINX FOR MINE WHAT MEANS THE COLOR OF YOUR EYES HALF INNOCENT AND ALL SO WISE BLUE AS THE SMOKE WHOSE WAVERING LINE CURLS UPWARD FROM THE SACRED PYRE OF SACRIFICE OR HOLY DEATH PALE TWISTING WREATHS OF OPAL BREATH FROM FIRE MOUNTING INTO FIRE WHAT IS THE MEANING OF YOUR HAIR
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