father speak so enthusiastically about them, thought Madge would like
them, and had presented them to her. He had heard one or two read
aloud at home, and had looked at one or two himself, but had gone no
further. Madge, her mother, and her sister had read and re-read
them.

'Oh,' said Madge, 'for that Vale in Ida. Here in these fens how I
long for something that is not level! Oh, for the roar of -


"The long brook falling thro' the clov'n ravine
In cataract after cataract to the sea."


Go on with it, Frank.'

'I cannot.'

'But you know OEnone?'

'I cannot say I do. I began it--'

'Frank, how could you begin it and lay it down unfinished? Besides,
those lines are some of the first; you MUST remember -


"Behind the valley topmost Gargarus
Stands up and takes the morning."'