The Study of Poetry • Paragraph 1758
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And I paused, held my breath in such silence, and listened apart; And the tent shook, for mighty Saul shuddered: and sparkles ‘gan dart From the jewels that woke in his turban at once with a start All its lordly male-sapphires, and rubies courageous at heart. So the head: but the body still moved not, still hung there erect. And I bent once again to my playing, pursued it unchecked, As I sang,--