...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Poems of George Meredith by George Meredith, the Pennsylvan... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ...alps, To think of it, my boys! Confusion on their Alps, And all their baby toys! The mountains Britain boasts are men: And scale you them, my brethren... ...grievous error you do well to stay. But O how different from reality Men’s fiction is! how like you in the plan, Is woman, knew you her as we! XXXIX —... ...ters shun the Mother and disown, On pain of his intolerable crow Above the fiction, built for him, o’erthrown? Irrational he is, irrational Must they ... ...ason’s light shall wane In them with ever Nature at close call, Behind the fiction torturing to sustain; Who hear her in the milk, and sometimes make ... ...venience, as Reason masked, Hears calmly cramped Humanity entreat; Until a sentient world is overtasked, And rouses Reason’s fountain-self: she calls... ...centre of vigilant care. Thy mother kisses an infant curl. The room of the toys was a boundless nest, A kingdom the field of the games, Till entered t...