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82<br />

THE HIGH HISTORY OF GOOD<br />

Of light! How lucent is <strong>the</strong> fog!<br />

How noble is my cabbage-head!<br />

How sweetly fragrant is <strong>the</strong> bog!<br />

“God's wounds!” (Sir Palamedes said),<br />

“What have I done to earn this portion?<br />

Must I, <strong>the</strong> clean knight born and bred,<br />

Sup with this filthy toad-abortion?”<br />

Nathless he stayed with him awhile,<br />

Lest by disdain his mention torsion<br />

Slip back, or miss <strong>the</strong> serene smile<br />

Should crown his quest; for (as onesaith)<br />

<strong>The</strong> unknown may lurk within <strong>the</strong> vile.<br />

So he who sought <strong>the</strong> Beauteous Breath,<br />

Desired <strong>the</strong> Goodly Gift of Grace,<br />

Went equal into life and death.<br />

But oh! <strong>the</strong> foulness of his face!<br />

Not here was anything of worth;<br />

He turned his back upon <strong>the</strong> place,<br />

Sought <strong>the</strong> blue sky and <strong>the</strong> green earth,<br />

Ay! and <strong>the</strong> lustral sea to cleanse<br />

That filth that stank about his girth,

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