,,! ,,pr(anity ,,( ,,pa9t ,,! ,,pr(anity ,,( ,,pa9t4 ,,by ,,william ,,kiddi] ,,london3 ,a4 ,c4 ,,fifield1 #ac1 ,,clif=d',s ,,inn1 ,e4,c41 #aiaf ,,pr9t$ ,,by ,,william ,,br5don ,,& ,,son1 ,,ltd41 ,,plym\?1 ,,engl& ,,to ,,lov]s ,,( ,,col\r ,cont5ts ,,page #a4 ,my ,book is ,true #aa #b4 ,my ,fri5ds ! ,trees #ac #c4 ,! ,pr(anity ( ,pa9t #ag #d4 ,! ,mis]able ,pursuit ( ,k #ba #e4 ,! ,gift ( ,sil5ce #bc #f4 ,! ,magic ( ,words #bg #g4 ,! ,p]sonal ,note #bi #h4 ,col\r #ca #i4 ,extravagance #cc #aj4 ,relation #ce #aa4 ,trag$y #ci #ab4 ,! ,tonic ( ,g5ius #da #ac4 ,critics #dc #ad4 ,! ,clos$ ,e> #de #ae4 ,! ,pa9t]'s ,cig>ette #dg #af4 ,! ,p's ,caf #ea #ag4 ,! ,middle-class #ec #ah4 ,! ,ma/]piece #eg #ai4 ,mission #fa #a4 ,my ,book is ,true ,my view-po9t is ! pa9t]'s1 ! poet's2 ah1 ,i am a romantici/6 ,b my book is true4 ,! romantici/ f9ds tru? )\t seek+ x2 x is be=e him1 ar\nd him1 & he ga!rs x all ) ! joy ( ! *ild t plucks ! fl[]s 9 ! fields4 ,tru? is n k3 x belongs to temp]am5t2 x is vision6 ,! *ild & ! romantici/ love ! beautiful1 t is all3 tru? is !re6 #b4 ,my ,fri5ds ! ,trees ,i h lov$ trees all my life2 !y 7 ! fri5ds ( my baby ye>s4 ,?\gh ! l& ( ! trees seem$ f> away f ! close-built h\ses1 ,i w&]$ ?i!r ) great joy & nev] knew t my little feet 7 tir$4 ,! tall asp5s 7 ! mo/ wond]ful ?+s 9 ! _w3 !y are /ill4 ,i %$ te>s on be+ told t ! ,cross 0 made f "o ( !m4 ,i h wept s9ce at ! sight ( _! trembl+ leaves4 ,!y trembl$ = ! trag$y ( ,golgo?a4 ,i "k !y w tremble to ! end ( ! _w4 ,melan*oly trees6 ,o b !y are beautiful--beautiful & g5tle l a nun ) a pray] quiv]+ ^u h] lips1 ) h] :ite f+]s & h] ros>y sp>kl+ f "u h] robe3 &1 lo1 ! asp5s are all alike1 z %e & h] holy si/]s mu/ ne$s be = ! sake ( _! hol9ess4 ,s5sitive to all ! *anges ( ! sky1 ! asp5 reflects wondr\s col\r2 ! leaves1 l a million little mirrors1 draw ! blue & ! purple f above & dr9k ! orange f dep>t+ suns4 ,& all ! col\r & ! light bl5d 9 subtle h>monies l ! preci\s pe>ls on ! neck ( a goddess4 ,ah6 d !y n pulsate l ! /r+s ( beads on a maid5's brea/8 ,! vision is fleet+ z x is beautiful2 ! col\r ^u ! leaves1 l t 9 ! dews ar\nd1 is surely spiritual4 #c4 ,! ,pr(anity ( ,pa9t ,z a pa9t]1 out-(-doors1 ! asp5s are my despair1 = !y are surely beyond ! limitations ( pa9t4 ,i once set my palette ) bright col\rs ) a grove ( asp5s 9 front ( me3 ,o1 b :5 ,i look$ up into all ! mass ( %imm]+ leaves1 spread out l a g>m5t inwov5 ) gems1 fl[+ ^u ! breezes & toy+ ) ! ri* dyes ( heav51 ,i %ut d[n my box1 ?rew myself ^u ! grass & sat !re 9 idle adoration1 l a hea!n be=e 8 god4 ,if all ,i beheld 0 meant = a revelation x 0 surely z beautiful z ! burn+ bu%4 ,to ,moses ,i am m ?an grateful3 x is ?r\gh him t ,god's voice r+s out aga9/ ! bad arti/3 ,?\ %alt n make 444 any lik5ess ( any ?+4 ,:5 ,god said ! same ?+ to ! ,*9ese ?ree ?\s& ye>s ago !y und]/ood & h pa9t$ col\r ev] s9ce4 ,:y is ! we/]n _w 9 ! d>k8 ,o let my eyes be baptiz$ ) ! sun t ,i may behold col\r l ! hea!n6 ,h[ long ,i /ay$ 9 ! temple ( ! trees ,i d n "k2 "t did n c\nt because ,i 0 n at "w3 all 0 l a dream4 ,if ,i _h be5 a ,flor5t9e ( ! old5 days ,i w\ld h se5 "h ! robes ( a sa9t1 p]haps ! %9+ g>m5t ( ! ,bless$ ,virg94 ,i did well to close my box & keep my eyes unspoil$ by ! pr(anity ( pa9t1 leav+ ! pure impression to "s happy occasion :5 ! memory ( x all w be suffici5t = my picture4 #d4 ,! ,mis]able ,pursuit ( ,k ,! tr5d ( ?is book %[s cle>ly t ,i am no reali/4 ,al?\gh1 9 my solitude1 ye>s ago1 ,i made _m c>eful draw+s ( v>i\s ?+s & ga9$ "s k ( _! me*anism1 my lab\rs br\ght me no pleasure save ! small satisfaction ( hav+ done a self-inflict$ task aft] read+ mis]able books on art4 ,9 ^? days ,i piti$ myself2 b n[ ,i pity ! mis]able au?ors4 ,! education ( ! pa9t] is a mi/ake3 educate ! man6 ,! pa9t] w f9d himself1 soon] or lat]4 ,if !re is no pa9t] 9 him 8 case is hopeless4 ,art education1 s call$1 :i* is ! tra9+ ( ! eye & ! h&1 gives "o a facility = record+ facts3 tru? nev]4 ,tru? is felt4 ,to ! pa9t]1 ! poet1 ! romantici/ facts are cold ?+s belong+ to ! pa/--dead ?+s t h no?+ to d ) intuition1 vision1 tru?4 ,he mu/ dream new dreams1 employ new me?ods1 create new ?+s6 ,he is n a common creature &1 !re=e1 %\ld n be entru/$ ) any public responsibility3 b ,god grant t 9 all ! economic m$ley1 call$ civilization1 he may h ! "r to live4 #e4 ,! ,gift ( ,sil5ce ,al?\gh ,i write j ! ?+s ,i feel1 my book is an ef=t3 b ,i am glad ( ?is4 ,t ,i h no lik+ = any lit]>y task & hate all correspond5ce ,i reg>d z a gift4 ,my "m has a r>] gift3 %e does n talk4 ,%e speaks :5 %e has some?+ to say & nev] utt]s empty words4 ,o b %e is eloqu5t6 ,%e clo!s h] ?\ghts ) simple language & /ops at ! "r mom5t2 x is a well-tim$ pause 9 :i* h] face c\nts4 ,h] int]mitt5t sil5ce is a ma/] /roke2 x gives ! same s5se ( space t ,i w\ld h 9 my picture4 ,p]haps x is beyond art1 b x is all h]s )\t an ef=t2 aris+ out ( h] good s\l x belongs to h] nature4 ,i see h] too little2 h] home is 9 a village on ! coa/ & m9e 9 an inl& city4 ,t ,i %all miss h] "o day is ! mis]able ?\ght ,i _c get rid ( )\t see+ h]4 ,o b :5 ,i arrive my fe>s vani% 9 a mom5t1 = %e lives = me4 ,%e is de> to look ^u3 b :5 %e looks at me my s5se ( spiritual security is great] ?an c ev] be describ$4 ,i feel ! influ5ce ( h] peace :i* br+s m9e back to me4 ,h] eyes are agl[ f sil5t ?\ghts ( me1 & ,i /ay ) no o!r desire ?an to be ) h] & believe 9 immortality--believe all h] belief6 #f4 ,! ,magic ( ,words ,!re is some?+ 9 ! art ( ! ma/] t ,i c nev] f9d a ^w =4 ,i believe x is a s9 to seek = "o4 ,art 9 ! f9] s5se is beyond ! limitations ( all words assign$ by ! philologi/s4 ,! ma/] is a magician1 !re=e x is only ! poets t c speak ) au?ority ab\t 8 "w3 & x requires all ! magic ( poetry to deal ) ! creation ( ?+s4 ,words mu/ be arrang$ s z to lose all _! etymological /iffness be=e !y c ev] express ! ?+s born ( inspiration4 ,only inasmu* z ! poet's song transc5ds ! mean+ ( 8 words does he approa* ! spiritual s5se ( art4 #g4 ,! ,p]sonal ,note ,9 talk+ ) bro!r pa9t]s ,i (t5 f9d myself giv+ prom95ce to "s p>ticul> ^w l rhy?m1 vibration1 or col\r3 b ,i mu/ always =get ! root-mean+1 or ,i w\ld disc>d x at once4 ,i mu/ employ my adopt$ ^w 9 a new way4 ,its special mean+1 ?\gh nev] expla9$1 is communicat$ by repeat+ ! ^w freely 9 v>i\s relations1 pron\nc+ x ) emphasis 9 an unexpect$ mom5t1 or1 aga91 paus+ be=e its utt]ance s t ! appreciative e> may anticipate x & cat* ! spiritual s5se intuitively & feel all ,i _h atta*$ to x f myself4 ,x is nons5se to talk ^u art )\t a p]sonal note ( ?is k9d6 #h4 ,col\r ,v few und]/& h[ mu* col\r means to ! col\ri/1 or :y1 9 ! high] s5se1 l music x has no plural4 ,col\rs are ! pigm5ts1 ! mat]ials3 b col\r is ! s\l ( ?+s6 ,i believe col\r belongs to ! fairies2 x nev] comes q )9 our grasp4 ,x is borne ^u ! air1 its *>iot is ! morn+ dews1 & its pa?s ! sunbeams4 ,i h come to reg>d col\r z a spiritual ?+ *ang+ = ev]1 z all spiritual ?+s d4 ,( a tru? x is ! beautiful emblem ( *ange4 ,! idea ( et]nal *ange is fasc9at+ beyond measure4 ,god nev] creat$ a fixture int5tionally4 ,we are immortal only inasmu* z we are et]nally mov+ ) ! ?\ght ( ,god6 #i4 ,extravagance ,i love ! ^w extravagance 9 its application to col\r2 = is n ! s5se ( col\r an innoc5t extravagance ( ! m9d1 :i* saves ! possessor f discont5t & dea?8 ,i "k ,i %all n die :ile col\r floods 9 ^u my eyes3 x is ! sil5t music ( an et]nal vision6 #aj4 ,relation ,! o!r day at c(fee ) a gr\p ( "y pa9t]s ,i talk$ ^u ! importance ( relation4 ,i w5t s f> z to say t no picture c\ld h any s5se ( dignity )\t ! quality ,i h nam$4 ,ev]y?+ 9 ! "w %\ld1 9 "s special degree1 contribute to ! fir/ idea4 ,no?+ %\ld be introduc$ = ! sake ( v>iety4 ,no2 x is bett] to let sam5ess be ! pr9ciple4 ,i h se5 %eep graz+ 9 a mead[ ) all _! heads turn$ "o way1 all quietly pursu+ ! same c\rse1 z ?\gh l$ by a sympa!tic _s1 & ,i h felt t ! peace ( all ! pa/ures 0 undi/urb$ by _! pres5ce4 ,i once saw a gr\p ( ru/ics ) all _! faces s ne>ly alike z to repres5t a di/9ct type2 all b5t ^u ! same "w1 pursu+ ! task ) natural ease & unconsci\s ord]1 & ,i felt ! nobility ( _! occupation1 ! bless$ness ( lab\r4 ,& :5 ,i h se5 su* p kneel be=e ! crucifix ) _! heads b[$ t[>ds ! ea/ & h not$ f beh9d ! simplicity 9 _! mann]s1 ! sam5ess 9 all _! clo!s1 ,i h felt ! f]v\r ( _! religion1 ! div9ity ( pov]ty t makes !m all unconsci\sly relative6 ,b if ,i want hum\r ,i get into a motor-bus & wat* ! mix$ types1 ! %ort & ! long1 ! fat & ! ?91 ! hook nose & ! snub2 & ,i get x4 ,b does n ! motor-bus %[ ! pa9t] ! confusion ( ideas he mu/ always avoid 9 8 "w8 ,i sometimes ?9k !re is hum\r 9 trees :5 cultivat$ by p :o1 f an insatiate love ( v>iety1 plant "o ( e k9d ar\nd _! lawns4 ,no arti/1 unless he 0 mad1 w\ld record su* a confusion ( ?+s z ?is4 ,( a tru? trees c only be pa9t$ by ! sympa!tic h&1 "o t c make a simple gr\p out ( all ar\nd him1 select+ only ^? t1 by _! =ms1 %all contribute to ! arti/ic s5se relation6 ,9 a ^w1 ! pa9t] mu/ nev] aim = lik5ess2 ! mat]ial s5se %\ld nev] be transf]r$ to canvas3 m ?an any?+ else trees h sup]b rhy?mic t5d5cies3 inspir$ by ^!1 he %\ld pa9t a rhy?mic picture4 #aa4 ,trag$y ,! sky 0 impressive by its *ange f sunlight to sudd5 d>kness2 & ! e!real fabric hung l black velvet ov] all ! woods4 ,all ! col\r t a mom5t ago clo!d ! trees 0 gone 9 an in/ant1 z a c&le is bl[n out2 & ! _w 0 )\t =m4 ,i /ood "u a tree4 ,! s5se ( my own pres5ce 0 ! only note ( reality t di/urb$ ! dream ( pre-_w void4 ,9 a few m9utes ! heav5s op5$ high above my head & a /ream ( light slant$ d[n ^u an old oak4 ,p]haps x 0 ! se>*light ( a w> god1 = 9 a mom5t ! oak 0 /ruck1 & ! e>? %ook z x fell4 ,i 0 captivat$ z mu* by ! greatness ( ! tree z by its fall2 x 0 torn up ) its roots ) a m\nta9 ( clay 9 its grip4 ,b m wondr\s ?an all 7 ! =ew>n$ %eep t ne/l$ "u x to ! la/ mom5t4 ,:y did !y all rise & leap =? into ! op5 field8 ,:at made !m flee be=e ! bla/8444 ,!re are sanctu>ies :i* %\ld nev] be unveil$3 !re are que/ions y %\ld n attempt to answ]--?is is "o4 #ab4 ,! ,tonic ( ,g5ius ,!re nev] 0 a col\ri/ )\t a ke5 s5se ( hum\r & nev] )\t a g5]\s s\l4 ,:5 ,i say hum\r ,i d n mean satire or any?+ t leaves a bitt] ta/e4 ,satire is p]missible ) ! community1 b %\ld nev] be direct$ aga9/ a p]son4 ,hum\r mu/ always be buoyant1 pleasant 9 e way1 & h no o!r mean+ ?an t :i* makes ! p]son :o happ5s to be ! sport ( x laugh ) ! re/4 ,! "o s hon\r$ mu/1 ( c\rse1 be a g5u9e humori/1 or he w\ld be unwor?y ( special att5tion4 ,hum\r is ! tonic ( g5ius4 ,x is ! heal?y reaction ( prolong$ s]i\s ?\ght1 ! pleasant negative ( /]n reality1 ! div9e intoxicant = ! ov]-productive bra94 ,i h always felt t ! pa/ %\ld be ei!r =gott5 or turn$ to hum\r4 ,! only s]i\s "p ( life is ! pres5t1 b ?is %\ld h its light] side4 ,:5 we h ceas$ to laugh we h done ) all g5]\s feel+1 &1 :5 ?is is dead1 x is ! end ( all creative ?\ght4 #ac4 ,critics ,a book is n wor? its pap] if x _c suff] by ! process ( critical mutilation2 writ+1 & also pa9t+1 mu/ be view$ z a :ole1 b nev] pigm5t by pigm5t or l9e by l9e4 ,e p>agraph read sep>ately mu/ call =? "s opposite view or else ! book is poor /uff4 ,e in* ( ! picture closely view$ by itself mu/ bewild] ! obs]v]2 o!rwise1 x is a weak1 insipid1 belab\r$ canvas1 good = no?+4 ,i tell y = y\r own sake3 d n hold a microscope 9 front ( g5ius6 #ad4 ,! ,clos$ ,e> ,if ,i li/5$ att5tively to ! ?+s t o!rs say my "w w\ld lose "*4 ,to pay att5tion to criticism is to pursue ! process ( lab\r$ ref9em5t :i* r$uces all to ! commonplace4 ,critics ) mu* k are p ) retrospective m9ds2 !y _c be ( use to ! born pa9t] ^: "w is creative4 ,k is relat$ to ?+s already accompli%$2 b ! va/ unexplor$ fields op5 to creative g5ius are beyond ! range ( all critical analysis4 ,! pa9t]1 m ?an any o!r1 lives a life ( spiritual *ange4 ,look at ! sky6 ,! lum9>ies return1 return1 return6 ,to ! sci5ti/ !y move ) regul>ity & precision2 b to ! romantici/ !y %$ new light e mom5t4 ,! a/ronom] kn[s ! facts3 ! poet feels ! tru?6 #ae4 ,! ,pa9t]'s ,cig>ette ,!re is a c]ta9 some?+ 9 a cig>ette t gives "* to ! pa9t]'s conv]sation4 ,! cig>ette itself plays an important "p 9 tim+ ! frequ5t pauses to suit ! wit ( g5ius4 ,! curls ( smoke punctuate a s]ies ( brilliant aphorisms :i* o!rwise w\ld be impossible4 ,! pa9t] has ! gift ( mak+ p>ables4 ,! fact is he talks f feel+ r ?an reason4 ,he nev] makes a spee*3 he tells y some?+4 ,b is he n *>m+ )al8 ,he has no self-re/ra9t4 ,! cold1 placid surface1 ! cultivat$ ev5ness t is c\nt$ a valuable asset 9 ! man ( bus9ess1 9 ! politician & ! millionaire1 is n 81 ?ank ,god6 ,9 8 he>t he is a *ild4 ,he w talk ab\t himself & 8 own "w s frankly t y w always be int]e/$ if n :olly *>m$4 ,unselfi% 9 e ve91 8 grievance is nev] a p]sonal "o2 x has no be>+s save = 8 art4 ,f ?is po9t ! matt] is soon beat5 flat "u 8 hamm] ( words4 ,if he _h n ! c\rage to say all he felt he w\ld be no pa9t]6 ,b d n be deceiv$3 8 fe>less tongue has a f9e c\nt]p>t deep 9 8 he>t4 ,z a man 9 ! "r capable ( /rong d5unciation1 he is ! man y may safely approa* & tru/6 #af4 ,! ,p's ,caf ,i pref] ! caf ( ! p1 & nev] visit any t has an exclusive atmosph]e unless ,i am oblig$4 ,i d n c>e to see _m ri* p at "o "t4 ,x 0 orda9$ t ! p]c5tage ( ri* %\ld always be small1 !re=e a cr[d ( !m 9 "o spot is bad =m1 (t5 bad col\r1 & mo/ly confusion4 ,a gr\p ( artisans nev] gives me any unpleasant ?\ghts3 x is ! natural ord] ( ?+s2 ! poor 7 reg>d$ by ,our ,"l z ! multitude4 #ag4 ,! ,middle-class ,t ,i belong to ! middle-class is my *ief mis=tune2 x is bett] to be born an ari/ocrat1 b bett] /ill an artisan4 ,to ! middle-class belong all ! money mak]s3 build]s ( monopolies1 political wire-pull]s1 & all t spells gre$4 ,^! p buy ev]y?+ & sell ev]ybody4 ,) !m ly+ is an art1 :]eas = ! poor x is only a pa/ime4 ,! ari/ocrat--! product ( luxury & idl5ess--is z mu* above any mean action z he is at loss 9 manag+ 8 own affairs4 ,he mu/ employ ag5ts3 ent] ! middle-class6 ,to !m he entru/s all 8 worldly belong+s1 ) an intuitive k t he is robb$ always & w be z long z he lives4 ,he kn[s !y pursue 8 money ) all ! ze/ t he pursues sport4 ,b he always c>ries ! same bright face1 ! same k9d he>t2 & he w\ld pay to ! la/ p5ny4 ,o b h[ /range1 8 ag5ts save him f ru96 & ! p on ! l& contribute m to ! mis]able bus9ess ?an is kn[n to my "l1 m ?an !y !mselves ev] realise3 & s ! middle-class rema9s ! back-bone ( ! ,empire4 ,b :at does ?is mean8 ,! tru? is t ,god made ! "l & ! lab\r]3 ! re/ is ma9ly ! "w ( ! devil6 #ah4 ,! ,ma/]piece ,i once told a "y arti/ to attempt no ma/]piece4 ,! ?+ _c be done4 ,! mom5t y ?9k ( do+ a ma/]piece y are befool$4 ,provid5ce does n all[ y to arrange any?+ ( t k9d4 ,all y mu/ d is pa9t ) a g5]\s he>t--pa9t col\r--& leave to ! next g5]ation ! selection ( y\r ma/]piece4 ,! pa9t]1 above all m51 mu/ be himself1 )\t any reg>d = ! _w's judgm5t4 ,d n be deceiv$3 ,"t w decide ! ma/]piece--,"t w de/roy x6 ,f out ! ageless oceans 9 ! we/1 ,:]e lazily ! gods ( new worlds rise ,& /ret* _! mighty limbs across ! skies-- ,insatiate giants r\s$ f out long re/-- ,uprose a ,titan ^: d>k arms & brea/ ,black5$ ! sea & drew ! gull's %rill cries2 ,9 8 d>k head he roll$ 8 gloat+ eyes ,& kept 8 cruel lips toge!r press$4 ,! sea t bore him 0 ! et]nal pit2 ,into its dep?s he ?rew ! dreams ( m5-- ,?rew ) "o /roke t5 ?\s& tomes ( rhyme1 ,z _m works ( art1 ea* once deem$ fit ,to live4 ,"o 0 a ma/]piece6 ,ah1 !n ,^! words came =?3 ,i am ! ,tomb ( ,"t6 #ai4 ,mission ,:at is ! pa9t]'s mission8 ,my de> sir1 he has no mission4 ,he may talk ab\t any?+ & ev]y?+1 b ?is is 8 pa/ime4 ,8 art %\ld n be connect$ ) any movem5t4 ,pa9t+ is a p]sonal matt] &1 !re=e1 _c be regulat$ by communities4 ,:5 ! pa9t] talks he ?r[s light ^u himself1 :i* is necess>y sometimes2 x may help o!rs to und]/& him4 ,! pa9t] mu/ be judg$1 9 ! end1 f 8 own po9t ( view3 x is ! only moral judgm5t = an hone/ man6 ,,transcrib]',s ,,note3 ,italiciz$ text is surr\nd$ by und]scores3 italics4