The Poetical Works of Robert Browning, Vol. 8
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Excerpt from The Poetical Works of Robert Browning, Vol. 8: The Ring and the Book The Ring and The Book Virgin as oval tawny pendent tear At beehive-edge when ripened combs o´erflow, - To bear the file´s tooth and the hammer´s tap: Since hammer needs must widen out the round, And file emboss it fine with lily-flowers, Ere the stuff grow a ring-thing right to wear. That trick is, the artificer melts up wax With honey, so to speak; he mingles gold With gold´s alloy, and, duly tempering both, Effects a manageable mass, then works: But his work ended, once the thing a ring, Oh, there´s repristination! Just a spirt O´ the proper fiery acid o´er its face, And forth the alloy unfastened flies in fume; While, self-sufficient now, the shape remains, The rondure brave, the lilied loveliness, Gold as it was, is, shall be evermore: Prime nature with an added artistry - No carat lost, and you have gained a ring. What of it? ´T is a figure, a symbol, say; A thing´s sign: now for the thing signified. Do you see this square old yellow Book, I toss I´ the air, and catch again, and twirl about By the crumpled vellum covers, - pure crude fact Secreted from man´s life when hearts beat hard, About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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