...powers. THE BEWILDERED GUEST From ' Stops of Various Quills.' Copyright 1895, by Harper & Brothers I wAS not asked if I should like to come. I have not...they say, Was ever told when he should come or go. But every now and then there bursts upon The song and mirth a lamentable noise, A sound of shrieks...

...powers. I THE BEWILDERED GUEST From ' Stops of Various Quills.' Copyright 1895, by Harper & Brothers wAS not asked if I should like to come. I have not...they say, Was ever told when he should come or go. But every now and then there bursts upon The song and mirth a lamentable noise, A sound of shrieks...

...Harper & Brothers WAS not asked if I should like to come. I have not seen my host here since I came, I Or had a word of welcome in his name. Some say that...they say, Was ever told when he should come or go. But every now and then there bursts upon The song and mirth a lamentable noise, A sound of shrieks...

...single poem better reveals this state of mind than the following from his Stops of Various Quills : " I was not asked if I should like to come, I have not...we were bid. How long I am to stay I have not the lease notion. None, they say. Was ever told when he should come or go. But every now and then there...

...powers. THE BEWILDERED GUEST From 'Stops of Various Quills.' Copyright 1895, by Harper & Brothers IwAS not asked if I should like to come. I have not seen...they say, Was ever told when he should come or go. But every now and then there bursts upon The song and mirth a lamentable noise, A sound of shrieks...

...qualities I have referred to. The proportion in it of monosyllabic Saxon words is quite remarkable: I was not asked if I should like to come. I have not...they say, Was ever told when he should come or go. But every now and then there bursts upon The song and mirth a lamentable noise, A sound of shrieks...

...one of your own great countrymen." He quoted in a musical voice, looking out across the water: " ' I was not asked if I should like to come, I have not...see him elsewhere, and then know Why we were bid.' " For myself " — he shrugged his shoulders with an expressive gesture — " it does not matter. I...

..."The Bewildered Guest" is most quoted, a sonnet, of which form the book includes several specimens. "I was not asked if I should like to come. I have...they say, Was ever told when he should come or go. But every now and then there bursts upon The song and mirth a lamentable noise, A sound of shrieks...

...he wrote his never-to-be-forgotten poem entitled, "The Bewildered Guest" — who speaks as follows: "I was not asked if I should like to come, I have...we were bid. How long I am to stay I have not the slightest notion. None they say, Was ever told when he should come or go. But every now and then there...

...single poem better .reveals this state of mind than the following from his "Stops of Various Quills:"— I was not asked if I should like to come, I have not...elsewhere, and then know Why we were bid. How long I am tostay I have not the least notion. None, they say, Was ever told when he should come or go. But every...