Replied the angel. Abou spoke more low, But cheerly still; and said, "I pray thee, then, Write me as one that loves his fellowmen." The angel wrote, and vanished. The next night 15 For ever stare! O flat and shocking face, Grimly divided from the breast below! It came again, with a great wakening Thou that on dry land horribly dost go light, With a split body and most ridiculous расе, And showed the names whom love of God had blessed, And lo! Ben Adhem's name led all the rest. THE FISH, THE MAN, AND THE To Fish: You strange, astonished-looking, angle- sea, 20 35 Therefore, 'tis with full happiness that I Will trace the story of Endymion. The very music of the name has gone Into my being, and each pleasant scene Is growing fresh before me as the green Of our own valleys: so I will begin Now while I cannot hear the city's din; 40 Now while the early budders are just new, And run in mazes of the youngest hue About old forests; while the willow trails Its delicate amber; and the dairy pails Bring home increase of milk. And, as the year 45 now, By thy love's milky brow, By all the trembling mazes that she ran, Hear us, great Pan! II 245 O thou, for whose soul-soothing quiet, turtles Passion their voices cooingly 'mong myrtles, What time thou wanderest at eventide Through sunny meadows that outskirt the |