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INTRODUCTOPRY TO() )AKE'S POEMt
BY
HARRY LYMAN KOOPMAN
for  Irv t  itirto

BUPLINGTON VERAMONT



R. S. Styles, Printer, BurlingtonVt.



TO
MY GENTLEST READER
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fie Grime of tie Sutprit            Jay.
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'Fairy, if thou 11 uould'st swin my hand,
"Tis notA enough to vmw anld picad:
Th'ly Nvords I Alall Indt lnderstalnd,
UlI I i I I d'-) 1 II8al;11t;(2i ci l  d1 cs1   811(1,LEntil I Lou 111a]kcsti each a (iced.
''()l!  nI! ' llt e  det c l (I  a  I hat  I 11ust do,'
T] I e- 2 lf-k 11igh t c al, wvi t  liht cncd  I w.
NXv, ancs ired sAlc 'n-1101 on nowor \wo,
Tis light i CIlrec releasI hy VOW.
''A -(orc \(ie fe\w, his passion cried;
()W! nmamic themi thiat I 1mar1 begic.
Th'osiei  1  Mri CS i  ]tat I -(011 t1 toli
71h11c  elf-iiaidl Ni itia  1 osc-Ica  s 1c'ei l
1 Hr lair ched (oi tV ic' moomlih 51 ' ray:
Aold wI(is] hUK 1uitor ismtc'll  W liKKY i
COddl 11 kspake thic liskt 1n ing" Fay:
''A  licry  ic11, th I I  a I aIIs afar.
lTips I )Stc  loMc icc-pca ik 1witVli its  spark,.
INCa   A itdc 1 cath (2 lie NoitJ IcIrni StarlJFje 'e  \ wiii \whitc' ilic \ViitIy dark;
And(  olic  ill  1c'avyc'  ald1 om)c' 011  cartli,
In cinn1 lation shiic the pair.
Till, cr(1oS--cd il contcst ocr thcir worth.
()Otswccp 1he welkills hosts o( air.
Thl  tar to() 100r  is lokced am11id
its ilcirihbor stars thatl roulilld it shinec



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6          'FTHE CRIME OF

Th)at Seek not _but the gem-1 I 1b1(
'Thy hand to 1lilck and- lay in mnine.
Th len. slviit thoui 1)1o from1101 At iic shore
A rubiIy by its- s~ide to gleaim.
Inlandl a jun~igic s wxaters io-iir
'Ihroi(,-onlh cii in jas in. angrv stream.
1-Far lnuclei groinol-i they dlai-kly str-ay,
Till into oc cain_ý dep(lijsh they glide;
13ut iiiduiiost of tl~iri secriet wN-ayN?
An island ls elgres purt thie tide.
Thbe loivr- reedls cila-h in 1ros-y mist,
Thle palmns a ruLddIier glow return
FA-or in the roof of anmcthyst
A ruli-y's tlirobhin~r spI)endor-s burn.
This gem I'd weai upon- my breast
As mortals wear the )1ii-,hiing) rose."
She said-, and smiled as if she gu-Lessed
What Ipraise tile fuLtutire should disclose.
The Fairy started as to fly.
"Nay, halt,  she criedl; ''one further t askC.
Do this, and thou shalt satisfy
The utmiost that m-y 1)1ide will ask.
Midway of India's mnouLntain dlells,
There lies the. topm-ost vale of earth;
Where conietli 1n0 man, and none dwells
That owneth dyve or hum-an birth;
And, stationed in this voiceless vale,
Four griants gruar-d an iv-ory- shrine
Bleyoind themi, dwarfs in stony imail.
Face the four wxinds with flaming eyne.
Within these ivory walls is laid
A mantle that n10 like liath knowni.
Of wvoven emnerald dust "twas made



THE CULPRIT FAY.

For Asia's cloud(l-q-ueen a-oes rone.
She, when her love in b)attle fell,
Vowed nevermore its pridet to wear;
So hid it in this secret dell,
And gave it to these monsters' care.
To them all slumibeir slhe dtenied,
Such was her last and strict counianid,
Save when the sun ini lieaven I s;hould ride,
And da-rknuess be on all the land.'
The FiaiiyN spread hiis winvgs for fii lit.
'And all, she added, ''.must Ie brtouglit
Ere tthrice the moon renew iheri lilit
01, thovug(r tlhou )rinigest all, 'tis naughit."
So spl>ake she, and the Fairy, mutet
Low bomx td, then flaced the Northernlii Star,
And, carth lilght spurning vith his foot,
Shot fiame-like upward and afar.
II.
The level snow shines feebly white
A myriad stars are twinklinr bright;
But niaught between may the winids enfold,
Save the during dark and tbhe deepening cold.
Yet, look, where last the shorn sun set,
What wavers ami-d the horizon's jet,
As if a meteor's wandering s park
Were breasting the flood of the lower (lark,
Or as if from the lands of w-armth and bloom
Had strayed a firefly into the gloom?
Or is it the light of Ihuman wighit
Venturing lonely into the night?



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THIE CRIME OF

Mir-ed, and clihoked with the numrderous clay,
Gasping his lordly life away.
Quick as thiouglit thle Fay uLiiniligit
TIhe golden chain of his l)aldric bright.
One end he drolpped to the struggling fish;
T'he other loolped in his liandls hie took,
And tutr(re(l wNith a right good will and wish
Till his tiny form like an aspeni shook.
So sore his wvin(ms to the task lie set
That the sildes of every roundi link met.
But the slender harulser parted not;
The salmion is dra'wn to the water's brim.
Bravo, Fairy! thy task is wrought
Aroundl the salmion Iiis fellows swilm.
The Fay upl)(rthlers the ljengtheiled chain;
But, hark, the fishi is calling again.
Hfe swears by hi is lordly river iigit,
Thy service fully to requ-ite,
And hids thee tname Iwhait treasure most
Thliou prizest of all tliat his kinii gdoms hoast.
''Alas! the Fairy said, "I deem
To serve my need is beyond thy power
I seek the (remi of the crystal bower
O'er the sunless isle in the sunken st-ream.
But the Cdark'C-omine w aters ily seeking foil."
cN a, criied the salmion, 'be mine tlie toil.
Not loor from me wx ill the jealous1 wave
Hidle the jewel thy x wishes crave.
13But iapart from tile ate in y st ertlh is lost,
As, butt for thee, I hiad kiinowni to iiy cost
And thou must follox to phluck tlihe prize
WXhen I have Ibrought thee xhithier it lies."
Again did the Fay his Ualdric fling



TILE CULPRIT FAY.           I

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To the salmion, who caught its nether ring;
One in water, and one in air,
Again their etu'al wvay they fare
But now 'tis the s;almon that leads the way,
And loose hang-s the chain 117011 the hands of
the Fay.
TIhey tliridl the taligh red cor-ridors
1)raped wNith mos 11n0 d 81(  ir-oojilg vines,
ih~iroughi which thle (1 rO\vsy waiter pour s,
D~ouhtful wihither its Hlood inlinehs.
But Sudd~enllIy tile cut-l clt d11])
Aind leavilor tile (lark laoroO IIs e CM) llsC,
lDown. a rocky ])itii\VNr 11 11)-,
lo the flillc (It -its H-itt Cl Ill (r dancee
B31t hr1i~ef is its SlpaCC o)I- ] i~l Z111(1 SomIr,
IAor11 scar-ce h1as the 17 illV felet tli-Ci (I iow
Er~e ljiS- Jt~rllt Ilie l)Cldte lC~i -en thloncg
OiZu> 11(th lilC l  )11(11 as tU  Nv t,i
And the I "airy trunstful his journey shar-es.
Au\li wht -I. snuldell chill tile dairk.
INouI -a raillst the Pall x -s Inow
171\\ICC T l his laliteln Il r iinx  har-k
Sllips 0 C I tile writling wlrxater's flow
Anlol Sp-1)1ll(r.-5 otUt soillelt I o(Cky tuIs1,
As 'twere hins J'an)i~c lormn to crush
A~non the roofl shoots (lown a slpeiir,
And the leal)ilug wvater-s hiss an(d peer
While, as if lost in the cavern's hore,
A wailI ruins echoiojl evermnore.
But for'ward speed the linkedl pair,
Alnd no0w the laiilp slhedls a. P-irilitein glare,Nay, 'tis a glowv that mantles aiud p)ours



12

THE CRI.1ME OF

F1roiii Sifsletlil ng withiin these roclky s'hlores.
ls the burniil(g rlubl's dateless (itlieam
That flushes and kindlles alnrg the Siream.
Yea, no110w, belleathl its ctoe it olf lihot,
What anllClioe(d island cheats the nihlit?
hit the Fairy to isle and crag muist d(1o01
The desolationi of endless gl('01
Bentathi t fhe  the voy-agers halt,
And I-lie Fairy mounts to the crystal vault.
That 1r 0ani, (11( it rise fioni the watchiiiio
palms
ThIat wail, was it bhorn of the rushes' qualifls?
'liThe Fairy ncithllier asked iior thoulght.
The j]tw tl fromi its bed lie caughlt,
Tlilt' l1eld it aloft to hl ligt is way,
And calt1d to the salliioii "Now back to day!"
I V.
IhinnI are the icy airs that fan
H-in ila II LXjfimeli)oh al show.
Wh-I at Nwiin o(f hi d. or bolt (if mani
Can,111opte to leav\-e tho1-se leiehrits htlowX?
Cali hopti liough painfuIlly and slox,
T1( touch thic lowest shiouldering peak
That sees far d nvii the clouid-i-cct bt1w,
And o'(r it climb) white t isuiimmiits bltak
No X OhderI li the  ai ry's rai iio  w.1 1X rins
h)rooped in sleh sk ward vovagings
bailing, as if the all' W1ere1g(2oe,
Ev1-e the last ()of t' cI()loud (IV hbets tIIhey hIIad won.
Five i mits with ctircling flight he strove,
Five tillIes the windls 1(refused his grasp



THE, CULPRIT  FAY.13

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Fige fromn with  0ill) 114 toil -- (e4lieved.
At, last lie 1ac ht is 1 led ail ericis
''IDull hear ii  l i  1an  keep oIi to) heat,
Wfiti 11 101(11 (11 011ilt ( ini Iva eslies,
T1huI 1 disk1(1r lot c frtt1omi tliTset
Ye~al lilt:t 1)1y (Itac 141ut c it Fall.
Be 501 1C 110 WIC1 1 Itt l tiheijl iiay eCrive.
flarkl 011 jilt \n 11( lthre 1101(1 a eall
"Iit 1' ii 11l -4N titI it1-1 the soZiidiThFain-, 1) itrltleid 11t 111eC S0'10l45,
Ak whilie (lovct' I ii> iii- m i t1e11 oiu2
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A 1bound1, and~ lit i-s by its, side,
Btut ilt0 ]i(rlltli- titlds thc sniake.
Before the ryjlmrs ilcit 1ii  I ight ii IIghat
A t: las t- h,is d a Ii inog tii4 I uesIv-cwa i -d
But, o, howI()\ i~tt i  ( tltiseto i
11ie (ldove falVlst )t- helles  on lie SWWUdl
Nor but1 hmo  a5)lrstt in to 1*live.
"0117 liltfe   er ie Hs, 't ti 110f(W1 or me.
'T is foi thit tliairtr l)ei.t itlil Inv w,~
Ak trilt lot t Ilote, Niiilich I iiiu'-1t, blujIr
Or- hi t ikalheart heyond I Il -t a.
TFhank- ot 2It P0115 lay M1) VX W - _rro ilI,
NKow, I shai ll paiss 1llose pt ik- oh s ow.
But Itil lilt howy I iiiziay I tcjulilt



I4

THE CRIME OF

Thy priceless aid before I go.
"iAhligt I but cross those crystal peiaks,
How soonii my labors would be done!"
"'L4ies there tihe spot thy journ-lcy seeks?'
Replied the dove, ''tis quickly wvon.
Thy weivrht I li(rhtly shall sstain.
Mount on my back." '"Ay," said the Fay,
"But first a nmoment to regain
The jewels that I tlungj aXway.1Oh, rapture of unIhindered flioht
1Oh, buoyant, crystal waves of air
'Twere worth long yearis ol earth's delight
That hour's exultillant thlri 1 to share.
'Three moons have waxe(l, three mnoons have
waned
Since first the Fairy saw the shrine
Nor yet one grisly guarid hath deignlled
lTo close alln eye in storm or- shliie.
No night so dark their demon eyes
MIake not a blaze about the spot;
Nor noon nor levin glare surprise
Those iron l ids that falter not.
A starry night draws nigh to dawn;
No bird-note stirs the slumbering air.
hBut, hark  a voice in soMng is Idrawnv
Athwart the dusk  it breathes a prayer:
Ye stars that mark on high
Hown night by night I lie,
No friend but vonu anigh,
In flreezing dew;



THIE CULPRIT FAY.

15

Now-, wy hilt I lowvly bend,5
Your kindly influence lendl,
Mly toi I ils iti triiiumpllh ild,
\Iy jos rieiev.
Your tyes wxitli softness burn
O  n te, oh! let them turn;
My ilalpless lot dliscernll
My weaikness aid.
Your eyes in l htavell shillne
'lTheir li-  i (r t i1 tfor 111 mine.
Ye fade, te manl;ke no sign;
In vaini I've ipraTyed.
He ceased, an( was it edg(re of moolln,
Or seraph's wix - thliat caught his eye,
Just where the red path of the sLun
Flaslhed out befoi-re it up tlihe sky
Thlie Fairy Iihad no hiope to ask
But mri')11ng burned to iioontide blaze,
And never from their ca t lttss lask
Withdrew the faitlhful watrders' gaze.
The hFairy shuts his strai-ia111gr eyes
There bre-athes 1o w'ind, and yet a chill
Draws over him  ill swifmt slrprise
He looks, and lo  a mniiacle.
A ivanmiess creeps upon thie (iay
The ivatchlers heads hbetrii to droop
He steals anglh, 11]0 heedl they pay
lThen out the constellatiions troop.
the sunll 11angs dtea(l, and giVc[ es 10o sii,
The watchers lie as tlhty werie tdead,
While through the dusk thle IFay has tied,
And emilpty stands the ivoiry shrine.



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THE CRIME OF

Thonu eanmest not, and hie was noigll."
She ceased; the Fay all sp)eechl (lisdainied,
Anld, turnilng, strode iiito the dark;
With staring eyes that naught did mark,
Anid breath that as ini fetters strained.
Is it any wonder lie looked at hler?
Is it any wolnder lie loved the maid?
Is it any wondler the siglht sliould stir
His lilps to the dlee( so dearily paid?
Farl al(d wide as the Fay had beenl,
Such bieauty hlad lle iiever seen.
Was she iiot beautiful lyingr there?
Thle little imaiden innlocent,
Lit by the sunslhiine of her hair,
Which all- the dusk a glory lent.
Under the darklin-g hemlock tree,
Tired of play, she had fallenl asleep;
Her head on one arm pillowed lay,
The sweet face upturned lhappily,
And one hand still did tightly keep
A f-agrarnt bunch of blossomns gay.
Her sleer  rslenlei ankles were crossed in rest,
And never the dew more lightly pressed
The grcensward of the wooded hill,
Than the lithe limbs lying, slender and still,
Full of swiftness and full of grace.
She seemed a part of the lovely spot,
Like an oriole in an elim of June,
And yet some creature of heavenly race,
For a moment lighted to fly as soon;



THE CULPRIT FAY.

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et c-reature ol heav enly kind she was not,
Nor aught of wvild o10 of woodland 1irth,
But one of() tihe gentle maids of earth,
WholW, weary of the woodlland way,
Hadl fallciien aslccl 'neath the greenwood tree,
lThat st5o10( in tfhe path of the lonely Fay.
Up the pIath thie IFairy sto-lce,
His arimor gleaming with pearl and( gold
The light of his llantern dily glowed
Amid the dusk of the hemlocks o1(1.
Th11e tall ferns 0o1 le above his head,
At his fet the silnarii1g Vil(l vilec spread,
And around111  in thlie forest, far and Inear,
There Ilrked lhe knew niot lwhat shapes of
fear.
But his heart wvithill hint blurned like flame,
And little lie reeked of friend or foe,
But words like these fron his lips gan flow,
As on to the fateful tre-e lie came.
''Is there another race, 1lie crie(l,
"'XXhose beauty is iniwar(i, hfrom-the heart
WXheree pride and cold(ness have no place,
Or at thle touchi of love depart?
VWhere love doth evermore abide
Till fairest. beauty in fori allnd face,
Into loveliness more fair shall run1
As the starlight into thle light of the sun.
WX here may such a mlaid he foun id,
Fair andl pu're as the el'lf-maids are,
Yet warm and loviing andl tender and sweet,
And truer than. the Northern Star?
Where shall one seek her thle wvide world
round? "


20

20          THE CRIME 01F

Whyl 0)Fiy that rap~tured start,
WNith tile swift- blood l beating~ back to thy
hecart?
Happyr dreamer she lies at thy, feet.
In si-niling sli--umlner the maiden lay,
And at hier lbeauty thewndrgFa
Stoo(1 and stared, as one w ldstare
Whlo had strayed inito hea(ý-Lven uinaware.
1 hlen slowly -nearer tile -Fairy stept,
But Stjill tin he Cdh~jj illte IIa- dci lc
Thle 1011 (r (dar la 'shes lifted niot,
'1( let the violet cyes llnclosc,
Nor- any snclcleni eh~  swep~t
Over the sof t c lck"s oet   rose
Aild  ii I   ttit 1 1.4'i-'   (1)110 that hlas- no) thololigit,
\\iosc bin s171~ 1- los-t ill- \VolIicr aiici111d
(_n 1 r~lt'lN--1)01s pSilug, hultle I j crc  above,
Iriieii, sink~i n~r p1 csscd on. her lips a ki-ss,
That was liona(ge- ald lk( 1dssil1L- and( worshiip
and( love.
Bitt, alt  i a crim 110in a vlal(
1o lotvc onutsid (1 1lte fairy 1 aii d
For th Iicnar-row clil hit ar awi In d minid
Ae J   on  of   r 0 hum1a1])ni kind,
An d ai hltlni(ired cyeý.- oil-h'h and tree
Wiel- straiined tlhc Faiiy' K~iss to see.
ecre hadi ilis love cii kind lcd licar-t
Ledi himi to play a moirtal's part,
W\hen hisil' atles, li ce it okh eup1)01 their pryC
S-urrcounded the -Lin 0-u-u ded Fay.



THE CULPRIT FAY.

21

In the flash of an eye tlher hold him hou 1(1,
Then drag himn away with jeer and mock,
'I() the eltii monarch's j ul(1 ineit gronid
Andl the solemnll  trial at tIXtelve o'clock.
I hiad clim(1llcd far ip 11    l'd irol estfs side,
With 111 t  little maidcln i'wy-eyed.lO)% Swee) ho lon thlat wras -I(T()
But   your   lyous -,I I ift tie], their nXoon'-ti<1
(rI o Nv
And still your hanIi  steals i- iiito mine
As fon<11y as ill Svect ]lang yne
'Twas in tile it afy dusk of Jlune,
liWhen- all tIarth's voices lauhli-ted in tune
When every bloss)1011 Xvootd the light
W\'ith pIeepiilg beauty tx)uaisite.
Weary at last wiiti tlie toil and heat,
We sat wvitli a ori't-at cliff at our feet.
There at tile oiddill of the maid
I to(lI the tale that ihere is traced,
Andl while shle listnlled my filgers pIlayed
With thile gold thiat riplle(i to her wvaist.
I CCtast(1; Oinl tHli (udsoln glan1ced a sail,
Nearer an elnginle puiffed.t its smokeI X watchedl themf across thIe shinimering vale,
Blut soo01 the l1aideil tlihe silcltce broke:
1 plltset go on   'i"Tihat is all,' I said,
"ExIcept the tale, in tihe book I rea(1,
Of ithe IFairy's penance, at Xwhich you wept."
"Was that this Fairy -? hlie very same



22     THE CRIME OF THE CULPRIT FAY.
And are'nt you glad that, whatever camie,
His faith to his mortal love lie kept? "
'"Oh, yes! and what become of ler? "
Persisted the little questioner.
"Ali! that is the best of all," I replied,
"And you should know it if none beside.
You've lheard the story of the bees
That stung the lips of Socrates,Plato, I mean, but never mind;
They left their sweetness all behind.
And so the Fairy's kiss did here,
And soon tlhe maiden, far and near,
Was famed to hlave at her comnlland
The sweetest kisses in the land.
But that was long and long ago;
The maiden grew, as you will grow,
But never did in any lhour
Her kisses lose their magic power.
Her (laughters' daullghtelrs now are grown,
With red-lipped mnaidens of their own,
But all, however plain or fair,
This token for their birthrighlt bear,
And those that feel its witchery say,
It is the Blessing, of the Fay."
"Whlat is it? " Sweetheart, what it is
I cannot tell, I know it's-this."







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