Ihavedescribedwhatimage??alpositetothenaturalselforthenaturalworld??Wilde,Henley,Morriscopiedortriedtocopy,butIhavenotsaidifIfoundanimageformyself.Iknowverylittleaboutmyselfandmuchlessofthatanti?self:probablythewomanwhoydihewomanwhosweepsoutmystudyknowsmorethanI.Itisperhapsbecausenaturemademeagregariousman,goinghitherandthitherlookingforversation,aodenyfromfearorfavourhisdearestvi,thatIloveproudandlonelyimages.WhenIwasachildadailytothesextonsdaughterforwritinglessons,IfoundonepoeminherSchoolReaderthatdelightedmebeyondallothers:afragmentofsomemetricaltranslationfromAristophaneswhereinthebirdssingsuponmankind.InlateryearsmymindgaveitselftariousShelleysdreamofayoungman,hishairblahsorrowstudyingphilosophyinsomeloower,orofhisoldman,masterofallhumanknowledge,hiddenfromhumansightinsomeshell?strewncavernontheMediterraneanshore.Onepassageaboveallrauallyinmyears??

    SomefeignthatheisEnoch:othersdreamHere?Adamite,andhassurvivedCyclesofgeionandofruin.Thesage,intruth,bydreadfulabstinendqueringpehemutinousflesh,Deepplationandunweariedstudy,Inyearsoutstretchedbeyoeofman,MayhaveattaiosntyandsceOverthosestrongathingsandthoughtsWhichothersfearandknownot.

    MAHMUDIwouldtalkWiththisoldJew.

    HASSANThywillisevennowMadeknowntohimwherehedwellsinasea?cavernMidtheDemonesi,lessaccessibleThanthod!HewhowouldquestionhimMustsailalosuwherethestreamOfosleepsaroundthosefoamlessisles,Whentheyoungmooeringasnow,Andeveningairswanderuponthewave;And,whenthepihatbee?pasturingisle,Greehus,quenchth