[Ralph Waldo Emerson
FROM THE FRENCH
Says Marmontel, The secret’s mine
Of Racine’s art-of-verse divine.
To do thee justice, Marmontel,
Never was secret kept so well.
[William Watson
TWO POETS
A peacock’s-tail-like splendour hath this Muse,
With eyes that see not throng’d, and gorgeous hues.