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Page 1 of 11907 · PDF PAGE 99
BALZAC IANT, with iron secrecies ennighted, Cloaked, Balzac stands and sees. Immense disdain, Egyptian silence, mastery of pain, Gargantuan laughter, shake or still the ignited Stature of the Master, vivid. Far, affrighted, The stunned air shudders on the skin. In vain The Master of “ La Comedie Humaine” Shadows the deep-set eyes, genius-lighted. Epithalamia, birth-songs, epitaphs, Are written in the mystery of his lips. Sad wisdom, scornful shame, grand agony In the coffin-folds of the cloak, scarred mountains, lie, And pity hides i’ th’ heart…
1907 · PDF PAGE 11
BALZAC IGANTESQUEH, enténébré de fer noir, Emmoufié, Balzac se dresse, et voit.—L’immense Dédain, — Le Silence égyptiaque, la Maitrise des Douleurs, Le Rire de Gargantua secoue ou pacifie La stature ardente du Maitre, vivide. Au loin, épouvanté, L’air frémit sur toute sa chair. En vain L’Incarné de la Comédie Humaine Enfonce aux orbites ombreux l'irradiation géniale de ses prunelles. Epithalames, Péans de naissances, Epitaphes S’inscrivent au mystére de ses lévres. La triste Sagesse, la Honte méprisante, l’Agonie profonde, Gisent aux plis du ma…
1907 · PDF PAGE 19
…or “Mary Magdalene”; G. votes for “The Beetle-Crusher and his Muse,” and so on, day after day, till Z. comes round and recognizes it for Balzac. Rodin shakes him warmly by both hands: Balzac it is for all time—and one ceases to wonder that it was rejected! Now, of course, this paper pellet is in any case very wide of its mark. Rodin can easily sculp himself a tabernacle and go in with Whistler—and even drag in Velasquez: but here am I illustrating, however feebly, the Works, eootry: and poetry cannot, unfortunately, ever be pure technique. I ha…