“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 Œnone?’
‘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.”’
‘No, I do not recollect, but I will learn them; learn them for your sake.’
‘I do not want you to learn them for my sake.’
‘But I shall.’