T. AH, DID YOU ONCE SEE ShellEY PLAIN, AND DID HE STOP AND SPEAK TO YOU, AND DID YOU SPEAK TO HIM AGAIN ? HOW STRANGE IT SEEMS, AND NEW ! II. BUT YOU WERE LIVING BEFORE THAT, AND ALSO YOU ARE LIVING AFTER; AND THE MEMORY I STARTED AT MY STARTING MOVES YOUR LAUGHTER! III. I CROSSED A MOOR, WITH A NAME OF ITS OWN, AND A CERTAIN USE IN THE WORLD, NO DOUBT, YET A HAND'S-BREADTH OF IT SHINES ALONE 'MiD THE BLANK MILES ROUND ABOUT: IV. FOR THERE I PICKED UP ON THE HEATHER, AND THERE I PUT INSIDE MY BREAST, Robert BROWNING, |