I'll join some Paris studio and learn."

He stopped, the air came moist, Si did not speak;

The Dauber turned his eyes to where he sat,

Pressing the sail-room hinges with his cheek,

His face half covered with a drooping hat.

Huge dewdrops from the stay-sails dropped and spat.

Si did not stir, the Dauber touched his sleeve;

A little birdlike noise came from a sheave.

Si was asleep, sleeping a calm deep sleep,

Still as a warden of the Egyptian dead