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English
1868
I thought there was enough suggestion of decay in that to satisfy a jackal, and to me there was something infinitely pathetic and appealing in the idea of the egg having a sort of St. Luke's summer of commercial usefulness. I THOUGHT THERE WAS ENOUGH SUGGESTION OF DECAY IN THAT TO SATISFY A JACKAL AND TO ME THERE WAS SOMETHING INFINITELY PATHETIC AND APPEALING IN THE IDEA OF THE EGG HAVING A SORT OF SAINT LUKE'S SUMMER OF COMMERCIAL USEFULNESS
eaving it alone; they said the thing had been done before and done worse, and that the market for that sort of work was extremely limited. It was just on the top of that discouragement that the Duchess wanted me to write something in her album--something Persian, you know, and just a little bit decadent--and I thought a quatrain on an unwholesome egg would meet the requirements of the case. So I started in with-- "Cackle, cackle, little hen, How I wonder if and when Once you laid the egg that I Met, alas! too late. Amen." The Duchess objected to the Amen, which I thought gave an air of forgiveness and _chose jugee_ to the whole thing; also she said it wasn't Persian enough, as though I were trying to sell her a kitten whose mother had married for love rather than pedigree. So I recast it entirely, and the new version read-- "The hen that laid thee moons ago, who knows In what Dead Yesterday her shades repose; To some election turn thy waning span And rain thy rottenness on fiscal foes. E BUT THE EDITORS WERE UNANIMOUS IN LEAVING IT ALONE THEY SAID THE THING HAD BEEN DONE BEFORE AND DONE WORSE AND THAT THE MARKET FOR THAT SORT OF WORK WAS EXTREMELY LIMITED IT WAS JUST ON THE TOP OF THAT DISCOURAGEMENT THAT THE DUCHESS WANTED ME TO WRITE SOMETHING IN HER ALBUM SOMETHING PERSIAN YOU KNOW AND JUST A LITTLE BIT DECADENT AND I THOUGHT A QUATRAIN ON AN UNWHOLESOME EGG WOULD MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE CASE SO I STARTED IN WITH CACKLE CACKLE LITTLE HEN HOW I WONDER IF AND WHEN ONCE YOU LAID THE EGG THAT I MET ALAS TOO LATE AMEN THE DUCHESS OBJECTED TO THE AMEN WHICH I THOUGHT GAVE AN AIR OF FORGIVENESS AND CHOUGE TO THE WHOLE THING ALSO SHE SAID IT WASN'T PERSIAN ENOUGH AS THOUGH I WERE TRYING TO SELL HER A KITTEN WHOSE MOTHER HAD MARRIED FOR LOVE RATHER THAN PEDIGREE SO I RECAST IT ENTIRELY AND THE NEW VERSION READ THE HEN THAT LAID THEE MOONS AGO WHO KNOWS IN WHAT DEAD YESTERDAY HER SHADES REPOSE TO SOME ELECTION TURN THY WANING SPAN AND REIN THY ROTTENNESS ON FISCAL FOES
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