Temat postu: On the Makaloa Mat LondonJack Publishedaamksn
It is important that expectancy shall have worked on him to
the fullbut it is still more important that his mood shall not have been
chafed to impatience. The danger of over-long delay is well exempli?ed
in the sad case of young Coventry Patmore. In his old age Patmore wrote
to Mr Gosse a description of a visit he had paidat the age of eighteento
Leigh Hunt. The circumstances had been most propitious. The eager
and sensitive spirit of the young manhis intense admiration for
‘The Story of Rimini’ the letter of introduction from his father to the
venerable poet and friend of greater bygone poetsthe long walk to
Hammersmiththe small house in a square there––all was classically in
order. The poet was at home. The visitor was shown in‘I had’ he was
destined to tell Mr Gosse‘waited in the little parlour at least two hours
when the door was opened and a most picturesque gentl [link widoczny dla zalogowanych][link widoczny dla zalogowanych]nwith hair
?owing nearly or quite to his shouldersa beautiful velvet coat and a
Vandyck collar of lace about a foot deepappearedrubbing his hands
and smiling ethereallyand sayingwithout a word of preface or notice of
my having waited so long“This is a beautiful worldMr Patmore [link widoczny dla zalogowanych]!”’ The
young man was so taken aback by these words thyilai:
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