CHAPTER 1
To Marie Louise
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Not long ago, the writer of these lines,
In the mad pride of intellectuality,
Maintained "the power of words" -- denied that ever
A thought arose within the human brain
Beyond the utterance of the human tongue:
In the mad pride of intellectuality,
Maintained "the power of words" -- denied that ever
A thought arose within the human brain
Beyond the utterance of the human tongue:
And now, as if in mockery of that boast,
Two words -- two foreign soft dissyllables --
Two words -- two foreign soft dissyllables --