f steady wise neighbours。
Much knowing has turned my hair grey; and much watching has made my sight dim。
For years I have gathered and heaped up scraps and fragments of things;
Crush them and dance upon them; and scatter them all to the winds。
For I know this the height of wisdom to be drunken and go to the dogs。
Let all crooked scruples vanish; let me hopelessly lose my way。
Let a gust of wild giddiness e and sweep me away from my anchors。
The world is peopled with worthies; and workers; useful and clever。
There are men who are easily first; and men who e decently after。
Let them be happy and prosper; and let me be foolishly futile。
For I know this the end of all works to be drunken and go to the dogs。
I swear to surrender this moment all claims to the ranks of the decent。
I let go my pride of learning and judgment of right and of wrong。
I’ll shatter memory’s vessel; scattering the last drop of tears。
With the foam of the berry…red wine I will bathe and brighten my laughter。
The badge of the civil and staid I’ll tear into shreds for the nonce。
I’ll take the holy vow to be worthless; to be drunken and go to the dogs。
The Gardener 43
No; my friends; I shall never be an ascetic; whatever you may say。
I shall never be an ascetic if she does not take the vow with me。
It is my firm resolve that if I cannot find a shady shelter and a panion for my penance; I shall never turn ascetic。
No; my friends; I shall never leave my hearth and home; and retire into the forest solitude;
If rings no merry laughter in its echoing shade and if the end of no saffron mantle flutters in the wind;
If its silence is not deepened by soft